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CalPERS appoints interim CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... Development Agency, where he also served for a time as acting secretary. He was also deputy cabinet secretary to former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and assistant director for legislation at the California Department of General Services.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Australia housing finance The latest dwelling finance commitment report gave almost immediate evidence to the RBA governor Glenn Stevens' 7 June statement that, "Indications are that the effects of supervisory measures have strengthened lending standards ...

He pleaded, he promised, he threatened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda had been a very busy -- or should I say noisy? -- dude all throughout last week as he tries to verbally abuse the yen to its knees. The yen has steadily risen against the greenback since 28 April when the ...

RBA appoints next governor

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
The RBA has appointed its next governor. Philip Lowe, who will take up his new role in September, has been deputy governor at the central bank since February 2012. He is also deputy chair of the RBA board and chair of the RBA's risk management committee. ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... stimulation - in whatever shape for form - when it was widely expected to announce more largesse. Instead, we got BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda doing an impression of ECB president Mario Draghi. "There's absolutely no change to our stance of aiming to ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... portfolio holdings and statistics from the Investment Trusts Association of Japan. Incredibly, reports suggest that BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda is considering ramping up the stimulus, with one investment bank predicting investment in ETFs will almost ...

Government boosts ASIC with $127m package

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... Australian public," Morrison commented. Greg Medcraft's term as chair will also be extended, pending approval from the Governor-General, by 18 months; an additional ASIC commissioner will be appointed at the same time. Medcraft welcomed the news, saying ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... prospects for continued growth in the economy, with inflation close to target" -- and nary a jawboning word from RBA governor Glenn Stevens, should keep the A$ well-bid in the near term. US housing starts There was a big disappointment in the latest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... - the highest since December 2013 - from US$81.9 billion in the previous month and US$80.5 billion in March 2015. BSP governor Amando Tetangco ascribed the increase in reserves to the rise in the national government's net foreign currency deposits (including ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... weighted index appreciated by 1.1% last week and by 2.6% from the start of 2016. The RBA doesn't want that. RBA assistant governor Guy Debelle said so, telling the FX Australia week conference in Sydney that, "Most central banks want lower currencies ...