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Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
Who was the first to blink? Was it Trump? Or was it Xi? "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!" Given the financial markets' reaction, they don't care so long as the "lose-lose" situation of a trade war is averted. Still, this will continue to task ...

LIF reforms to drive specialised advice industry

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
The advice industry post-Life Insurance Framework reforms is "bright and full of potiential" for those businesses that adopt a more specialised approach, according to Bombora Advice managing director Wayne Handley. Handley said the LIF reforms are compelling ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... Street's tumble, crushing and sell off was blamed on the spike in bond yields, the first step to unravelling this puzzle my dear Watson is to gauge where bond yields are headed and to do that, we need to discern where inflation and inflation expectations ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Fellow Chartered Financial Professional graduates onstage. FChFP is the association's designated accreditation. 9.40am - Dear Future Self: The AFA invites an academic from Harvard University, Dr. Jason Mitchell, to speak about the psychology of finance. ...

UK manager partners for Aussie distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... working with Osmosis and seeing what the response will be to their original approach," Mothoneos said. Osmosis founder Ben Dear added: "Academics at the Cardiff Business School have undertaken research into the relationship between businesses' resource ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." This is one of the immortal quotes from the 1939 classic movie, "Gone With the Wind" and, it appears, the same words China's financial markets gave to Moody's Investors Service when it downgraded China's long-term ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
"Three steps and a stumble" is an old market adage that foretells of a drop in the US equity market after the Fed's third interest rate hike. This is turning out to be a doozy so far - the Fed already completed rate hike number three on 15 March 2016 ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Reflation - the word that dominated central bank memes after the global financial crisis is back in vogue. While it became something of "it's at the back of everyone's minds, but not talked about" in intervening years, President-elect Trump has brought ...

Businesses face unprecedented cyber threats: CIA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... facing Australian businesses was the lack of infrastructure required to be agile. "From our perspective the things we hold dear are under attack today in a way that has never been true before. This is an existential threat that we must deal with collectively. ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
Gold's place inside an investment portfolio came under the spotlight this week as two fund managers provided separate views on the divisive asset. Speaking at an ABC Bullion event, 'The new bull market in precious metals', Cor Capital Fund executive ...