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Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint when it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its 3 July board meeting. It has been 24 months now - the longest in recent history - that the official cash rate ...

Absolute returns core to building wealth: ARCO chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... better when the market is struggling." Absolute return investing can measure its performance against the Reserve Bank cash rate instead of a market benchmark. "One thing we know about cash rates is - certainly in Australia's history - they don't go below ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... June 2013 quarter to 1.7% in the September 2014 quarter. Then comes the reversal, so much so that the country's cash rate is now lower - 1.75% - than last it started raising interest rates. It should have learned from the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
"In the current circumstances, members agreed that it was more likely that the next move in the cash rate would be up, rather than down." Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe declared this in many of his recent speeches, the statement was ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint when it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its June 5 board meeting. Except for a few tweaks in the wordings here and there, RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement ...

Former Macquarie equities team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... will charge 1.5% pa in management fees. Performance fee is 20% of the fund's excess return versus the benchmark RBA cash rate, net of management fees. Both funds have a minimum investment size of $20,000. The high conviction fund has a "highly recommended" ...

Chief economist update: New RBNZ Governor maintains old policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... New Zealand's monetary policy settings remained unchanged since the last 25 basis point reduction in the official cash rate from 2% to 1.75% way back in November 2016. As Governor Orr explained in his statement, this is because while "Economic growth ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... to get the same result. Only yesterday, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met and decided to keep the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5%, it noted in its statement that: "An appreciating exchange rate would be expected to result in a slower ...

RBA names new chief information officer

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... on meeting the Bank's technology needs," the RBA said. Benedict's appointment follows the RBA deciding to leave the cash rate at 1.5%. Explaining this, RBA Governor Philip Lowe said: "The low level of interest rates is continuing to support the Australian ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... expect a further pick-up in the Australian economy; The second point is that it is more likely that the next move in the cash rate will be up, not down, reflecting the improvement in the economy." The third and fourth points answer our question: "The ...