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A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
In case you missed it, finance and central bank head honchos of the Group of 20 (G-20) met over the weekend in Shanghai. But you may as well have (missed it, that is) for it was more of the same - promised-filled and action-short. In its communique ...

Australian pension market still global leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Australia is not only one of the biggest pension markets in the world, it is among the fastest growing. Willis Towers Watson has just released its 2016 Global Pension Assets Study and it reveals that Australia's US$1.5 trillion pension asset pool is ...

Bad news on global activity and prices is the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Global economy heading towards contraction, that's the good news A bounce from oversold conditions, short-covering rally, cheapened valuation, or another jump on the price of oil which is a positive for energy companies (and the banks that lent to them) ...

Drummond resignation prompts NAB leadership changes

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
National Australia Bank has announced a number of changes to its leadership following the resignation of group executive finance and strategy Craig Drummond. Over the last two and half years Drummond led NAB's exit of Great Western Bank, the sale of ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
The Japanese economy shrinks, the Japanese sharemarket sings hallelujah! If this still doesn't capture the "bad news is good news" meme, we might never, never know what will. The Nikkei-225 index soared by 7.2% at the end of yesterday's trade. It even ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Central banks worldwide will continue easing trends in a disinflationary global environment, according to RBC Capital Market chief economist and head of Australian research Su-Lin Ong. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
The core of every investor's portfolio is going to be lacklustre in 2016, said State Street Global Advisers head of investments Kevin Anderson at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney. The markets expert said investors need to make ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... down to US$0.7035 this morning. And this without the RBA resorting to the "No Parking" signs implemented by the Bank of Japan - negative interest rate - and the European Central Bank - negative deposit rate - both of which are trying to cheapened their ...

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... increasing them the most (from 14% to 27%), followed by the UK (7% to 18%), Switzerland (18% to 29%), US (17% to 27%) and Japan (from 3% to 9%). Willis Towers Watson global head of investment content Roger Urwin said asset diversification into alternatives ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... emphasised that, "we have the power, the willingness and the determination to act" comes a positive surprise from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in the form of negative interest rates. Move over QE and QQE (you too, Operation Twist), we have a new policy measure ...