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Global asset manager expands Australian offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... income component," Grobler said. The firm's global head of credit and fixed income, Steven Oh, said: "In the US, monetary policy tightening is underway in an economy that is operating at nearly full employment. The beauty of bank loans is that their ...

The Fed's aware of building imbalances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... just to remind. Fortunately, the Fed (or one of them) is on the ball. In his essay on "A Balanced Approach to Monetary Policy", Dallas Fed Robert S. Kaplan, listed "measures of potential financial excess." "The US stock market capitalisation now stands ...

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... correct, the path of least resistance for iron ore prices will remain down with the government determined to keep monetary policy relatively tight, clamp down on excessive leverage and debt, reduce overcapacity and air pollution. Short-term pain for ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... consumer price inflation to undeniably solid growth in the economy. According to the minutes, "In their discussion of monetary policy for the period ahead, members judged that information received since the Committee met in September indicated that the ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... his term expires on 8 April 2018. All up, these means the continuity of Abenomics - the program of very loose monetary policy, fiscal largesse and structural reforms. And continue it has. At its last policy meeting (30-31 October), the BOJ kept policy ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... doesn't fit with the current record low level of the official cash rate (1.5%) nor the current neutral stance in RBA monetary policy. The last time business conditions were nearly this lovely (+20 in July 2007), the official cash rate was at 6.5% and ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... 3 February next year, which is expected to provide continuity to the Fed's current softly, softly approach to monetary policy normalisation. But what wasn't expected (at least, I didn't) was the S&P/ASX 200 index's surged to more than two-year highs ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... (BOE) did what it said it would do -- it lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.5% following its 2 November monetary policy council meeting (MPC). The announcement marks the first time in more than a decade that the BOE raised its key overnight ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... Three of the world's biggest central banks will meet this week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) had already started their monetary policy deliberations yesterday and is set to conclude later today. This is expected to be a non-event with policy unchanged and ...

Ex-RBA Governor joins Macquarie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... professional economist, Stevens is credited with developing Australia's successful inflation targeting framework for monetary policy, in addition to influencing central banking internationally. In welcoming Stevens, Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank ...