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Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... Virginia, RBA Governor Philip Lowe has already gone on record that the next move in interest rates will be up but financial markets don't expect the "up" until around the second quarter of next year. But economies don't operate in a vacuum. There ...

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... US-North Korea summit or the spill-over from the general equity market anxiety that has befallen most global financial markets in the second half of May or its ballooning debt, or selling on news. It could be all of the above, including selling on news. ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
Geo-politics remain the talk of the financial markets as Trump's rolling circus again came to the fore with his flip-flop-flip over the US-North Korean summit - just a day after Trump cancelled the summit, he declared it back on again. Make what ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
Another rate hike is coming soon! This is the almost unanimous verdict financial markets and the intelligentsia gave after reading the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's 1-2 May FOMC meeting. Can't blame them, it was there all for everybody ...

Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... Google, was the first reference to what has now been applied to statistics, business and advertising strategy and financial markets, etc. and termed "wisdom of the crowd." Simply put, "wisdom of the crowd" means that the opinion, judgment, rationale ...

CBA cops $25 million for BBSW rigging

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... unlawful conduct, nor have they done anything that would have adversely impacted the efficiency and integrity of financial markets as alleged, or at all," it said at the time. ANZ Bank has also come under fire for BBSW manipulation. It struck a confidential ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... time, lift measured inflation towards the Japanese central bank's 2% inflation target." This is exactly what financial markets and economists are prognosticating - the same chain of events that lead to speculations of a policy exit. But these speculations ...

FIIG Securities appoints Deutsche manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... subsidiary gives FIIG the ability to operate in all 28 European Union members. FIIG named former senior global financial markets executive Peter Sorenson as chief executive of the new subsidiary.

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
The financial markets' response to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Consumer Price Index report was a big "HO-HUM." With the report released a day before ANZAC Day, the response could have been because market players' thoughts were on something ...

Global manager sells distribution platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... executive Matthieu Duncan said: "Our new brand name Ostrum Asset Management highlights our experience in the financial markets over more than 30 years, our strong performance track record and our investment team's dedication to our clients."