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ASIC to investigate AUD spike

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
ASIC is investigating a suspicious spike in the Australian dollar that occurred seconds before the RBA announced it was keeping cash rates on hold at 2.25%. The Australian dollar rose to 76.07 US cents (from 75.97) just prior to the RBA's announcement ...

The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... enough... and stay there for long. The A$ dropped to US$0.7690 on 3 February (from US$0.7820 the day before) after the RBA's surprise announcement of a 25 bps cut in the official cash rate to 2.25% that day. However, despite majority expectations for ...

RBA rate cut: earlier and more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... finance increased by 0.7% in February and 10.1% from a year ago. Would Gov Glenn go for a hat trick next week with a third surprise? We'll worry about May after Tuesday's decision next week.

Competition for annuities likely to remain low

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
Competition in the annuities market will increase, but is likely to remain low over the short term as Challenger dominates about 95% of the market, a Credit Suisse report found. Credit Suisse said that Challenger's natural competitors, banks and life ...

FICAP Rockstar winners announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... Jodie Hanson was handed the ANZ People's Choice Award for Dolly Parton's 9 to 5. Zurich's Karli Mann was the biggest surprise, leading the 800-strong crowd in a performance of Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk, which invited (or demanded) audience participation. ...

Managers to battle for super pool offshore

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Competition among fund managers for the ever growing pool of retirement funds is set to move away from Australia and into international markets. Tougher conditions locally and the limited capacity of the market to absorb the $1.9 trillion in superannuation ...

Government "tinkering" tops super industry worries

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... against) and regulation will be aimed at addressing these critical member risks." AIST CEO Tom Garcia said that it is no surprise that some respondents worry that the Government will increasingly look at super as a source of revenue in the years to come. ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... August 2014 - the same time as the price of crude oil began its freefall and the US dollar commenced lift-off. Well, surprise of surprises. Similarly, the annual growth in US export prices dropped to minus 5.9% last month from minus 5.1% in January - ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... -- gives substance to the "beggar-they-neighbour" rant I've been ranting since world central banks started handing out surprise easing policies, one after the other, this year - some even going for a double-dip. The thing is this creates a vicious circle ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
"Baby, baby, baby oooh Like baby, baby, baby nooo..." - Justin Bieber "Baby, baby, baby oooh." Another month, another strong and better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report. US businesses added another 295K heads to their payroll (versus expectations ...