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Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its 12 December Governing Council meeting. "...the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the ...

Chief economist update: Chinese green shoots?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
It might be a mere 0.2 point above the line but it was indication enough that China's manufacturing sector has stopped contracting. The official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) China manufacturing PMI increased to a reading of 50.2 in November ...

State Street adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
State Street hired a new head of sector solutions for Australia and Southeast Asia, as the firm looks to expand in the region. Cara Brosnan has been appointed into the newly-created role, which will see her lead sales across all of State Street's products ...

Chief economist update: Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Over the past few months, I've been singing sad songs about the Australian economy and the need for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Morrison government to do more to reverse the slowing momentum in economic activity in this 'Lucky ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Faced with slowing growth and above target inflation, what's a central bank to do? In the case of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), it's going for growth. In a surprise move, the Chinese central bank cut its seven-day reverse repo rate ...

RMBS scrutiny could be loosened in US

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a call for input from investors and market participants on the asset-level disclosure requirements for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). SEC chairman Jay Clayton explained that ...

NAB remediation team swells, no executive bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
National Australia Bank's 2019 full year results include the revelation that its customer remediation team has ballooned to 950 people. NAB chief executive Philip Chronican said in a statement that the team of 950 dedicated to remediating customers ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Super "whatever it takes" Mario Draghi's final outing as president of the European Central Bank (ECB) came and went without much fanfare. The ECB kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its October 24 meeting. This is to be expected after it ...

RBA blames lack of demand in property downturn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle said despite historically low interest rates and a rise in loan approvals, turnover in the housing market remains low. Speaking at the CFA Societies Australia Investment Conference event in Sydney the deputy ...

ACCC to probe rate cut decisions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been directed by the government to immediately establish an inquiry into the behaviour of Australia's banks when it comes to passing on interest rate cuts. Announcing the inquiry on this ...