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The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017

... 2018. The problem with this is that stronger economic growth has so far not translated into higher inflation and as ECB president Mario Draghi noted in the March governing council meeting, rising headline inflation mainly reflected "strong increase in ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017

... the message at the 9 January meeting - speculations gathered greater momentum after a sentence was deleted out of ECB president Mario Draghi's "Introductory Statement". "If warranted to achieve its objective, the Governing Council will act by using all ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016

... 29 March, Fed Chair Yellen stated that, "It certainly would be helpful to see fiscal policy play a larger role." ECB president Draghi had for a long time been asking governments for support with increased spending and looser tax policies. BOE governor ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016

... March 2017, or beyond, if necessary. When ask about the recent speculation about the ECB's tapering in his Q&A, ECB president Mario Draghi replied that this wasn't discussed at the meeting - "We haven't really touched on the issue at all". US existing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016

... foreseen in March), 1.3% next year and 1.6% in 2018 - both unchanged from its March forecasts. In his press conference, ECB president Mario Draghi stressed that, "looking ahead, taking into account the current outlook for price stability, the Governing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016

... Beijing rose by 18.3%. Eurozone inflation After the ECB governing council met and kept policy unchanged last month, ECB president Mario Draghi remarked that the current policy is working but that "we must be patient". That patience might have just ran ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016

... 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 achieve two percent inflation at the earliest date ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016

... purchases of corporate bonds under the corporate sector purchase programme (CSPP). In his introductory statement, ECB president Mario Draghi announced that the ECB expects interest rates "to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of ...

Four bazookas and a phrase

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016

... tried, and he tried, and he tried but he can't get no satisfaction, oh no, no. no. For all intents and purposes, ECB President Mario Draghi over-delivered on the eagerly-awaited stimulus promised two months ago. He came in firing not with one... but ...

A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016

Latest euro area inflation data released by Eurostat has all but ensured that ECB President Mario Draghi will make good on his 21 January promise to "...reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March" aka increase policy stimulus. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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