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Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... implemented one of its greatest son's prescriptions and, for sure and for certain, it's gonna irritate Trump. Financial markets were shell-shocked after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) allowed the yuan to fall below the psychological threshold ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... deal. The deal would see the stock exchange buying Thomson Reuters' 45% stake in Refinitiv, a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure that generated $6.3 billion in revenue last year. If the deal goes ahead, the LSE and Refinitiv ...

Active, passive investing continues to confuse: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... "surprising" survey results showed investor's return expectations had raised despite a challenging recent period in financial markets, however noted investors' tolerance for risk did not match the appetite for returns. About 86% of investors said long-term ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... Monetary policy must address the consequences of such uncertainty for the behaviour of businesses, households and financial markets." "In some jurisdictions, the impact may warrant a near term policy response as insurance to maintain the expansion." ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... deliver back-to-back reductions in the official cash rate from 1.5% to 1.25% (in June) and to 1.0% (in July), with financial markets expecting at least one more rate reduction going forward. Latest economic releases both underscore and justify the RBA's ...

Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... unemployment at 5.2% in May, the RBA has further to go "before it sleeps", given its revised NAIRU estimate. Financial markets expect one (to 0.75%) or two (to 0.50%) more interest rate reductions would do it. But what does the time-tested Taylor Rule ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... think the RBA will announce a 25 bps reduction in interest rates at the conclusion of its July 2 board meeting. Financial markets, too, seem convinced, placing a 72% odds-on bet that the cash rate would be at 1% by Tuesday next week. But predictions ...

Chief economist update: Thrilla in Osaka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
Financial markets action over the past few days leading up to the June G20 meeting in Osaka - where the main game is between the trade talks between the two biggest economies in the world, the United States and the People's Republic of China - suggests ...

Franklin Templeton names institutional business director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... management globally. Sydney-based Jackson, who has extensive experience in investment management, banking and financial markets, reports to head of institutional and alternatives Felicity Walsh. He will be responsible for managing and building the firm's ...

Yarra hires head of macro, strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... that will advise the firm's fixed income and equities teams. Tim Toohey will work closely with Yarra on financial markets outlook and asset allocation, as its new head of macro and strategy. Toohey spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs as the chief economist ...