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Former Challenger executive joins ASX board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... Board and I are delighted that Rob has agreed to join us. He brings to the Board over 30 years' experience in financial markets and a strong understanding of ASX and its businesses," ASX chairman Rick Holliday-Smith said. "Rob has served for the past ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
What could have been a good start to the New Year for financial markets - the US and China are set to sign the "phase one" trade deal agreement on January 15 and Brexit has become less uncertain - marred by renewed war (the real war) tensions between ...

Chief economist update: More jobs dull rate cut bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... from 5.3% in October, with the participation rate from steady at 66.0%. It's therefore not surprising that financial markets have reduced their expectations that the RBA would cut the official cash rate by another 25 bps (to 0.5%) at its first meeting ...

Chief economist update: War is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
"And so happy Christmas (War is over) For black and for white (If you want it) For yellow and red ones (War is over)..." - John Lennon Well, the trade war's not completely over, but the financial markets' rally on news that a phase one deal ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... where 13 of 17 foresee no change in interest rates in 2020 and the other four expecting a rate HIKE next year. Financial markets appear to agree and this is consistent with the CME FedWatch Tool that shows majority of market participants expect no change ...

Super funds to crack 13% by year end, retail leading

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... "The expected strong returns from super funds this calendar year remind us that the real economy is not the financial markets that many super funds invest into," he said. "To understand super fund performance we need to look at what is happening in these ...

Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... table to give in or make concessions to his demands. But the certainty of Trump's uncertainty means that financial markets and businesses would forever be second-guessing his next move, er, tweet. Perhaps it could be Trump's way of proving his ...

Politician urges Treasurer to protect advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... cover, income protection, trauma cover etc. need not participate in areas covered in the new courses such as financial markets, financial products, Centrelink, estate planning and tax." She said the group of her constituents have expressed concern over ...

IRESS wins technology mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... the ability of Australian businesses to trade overseas," Miles said in a statement. IRESS managing director financial markets Kirsty Gross said the company was pleased to partner with PhillipCapital on the integration. "We know our clients are increasingly ...

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... expectations strengthened after the release of worse-than-expected Australian labour market report. Duh! If financial markets were waiting for the jobs report to raise the odds of another Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate reduction, they're too ...