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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... Britain, which is not part of the eurozone, also risks falling into deflation later this year. While falling prices may sound good for consumers, deflation can trigger a vicious spiral in which businesses and households delay purchases, throttling demand ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
As a student of economics, I've heard about John Maynard Keynes' 'Paradox of Thrift', David Ricardo's 'Ricardian Equivalence Theory', A Alan Greenspan's 'Interest Rate Conundrum' (which appears to be making a return performance in the US) and of course ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... long-run global average (of about 2% growth per year in real GDP per person)". "Slowdowns often occur despite seemingly sound prospects: both Brazil in 1980 and Japan in 1991 looked like juggernauts, yet they managed scarcely any growth at all in real ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
All is clear again on the Wall Street front. Central bank assurances have silenced the Johnny Littles wailing that the sky is falling. We could only imagine now what would have happened to equity markets and in turn to sentiment and then the economies ...

US private sector super coverage just 50pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... of retirement resources. The ICI said makes it imperative the Social Security system and its fiscal structure be put on sound financial footing.

Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... discussing with APRA, and other members of the Council of Financial Regulators, additional steps that might be taken to reinforce sound lending practices, particularly for lending to investors." Did someone just squeak "macroprudential measures"? Yep. ...

Opposition wants to postpone vote on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... bill." He said that "that the proposed amendments achieve an appropriate balance between providing consumer protection and sound professional and affordable financial advice." The new text includes an explicit provision to ban commissions from general ...

Cutting edge data tool finds super members most likely to defect

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... insights can do for their fund, particularly how they can help engage and retain members," he said. "Predictive analytics may sound like just another buzz word, but funds are seeing what it can deliver. Previously analytics used to mean identifying and ...

Body needed to monitor adviser competency: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... training professionals, licensee representatives, academics and other experts. "Better definitions and labelling of advice and sound architecture for building competencies are critical to gaining the trust and confidence of consumers," FSC chief executive ...

MyState sees small growth in profits

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... "MyState continues to focus on writing high-quality loan business; arrears remain well below industry peers, reflecting the sound credit quality of the loan book. Tight cost control, combined with structural changes to increase efficiency, has improved ...