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Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... the series of "surprise" monetary easing moves by one central bank after the other during the first few months of 2015? The BOC's latest move could re-start another round of these surprises. Well, it won't be a surprise now that we're expecting them ...

The fat lady in concert on Sunday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
What would the fat lady sing on Sunday? Would it be a rendition of Andrea Bocelli's 'con me partiro' (time to say goodbye) quickly followed by Nina Gordon's 'the end of the world'? Or would weight-challenged crooner sing the Everly Brothers' 'I give ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... What changed? What changed was that between then and last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) QE'd and the Bank of Canada (BOC) announced a surprise rate cut. Ipso facto, the RBA could (must?) too. Why must our Canadian brethrens have all the fun? ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... inflation expectations, pay and other cost growth in a way that became self-perpetuating." Last night, the Bank of Canada (BOC) came up with its own surprise - it cut its overnight lending rate by 25 bps to 0.75%. Yes, you guessed right, 'twas because ...

$US5b irregularities at China fund, banks

AFP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... AFP. "(We) will rectify (the problems) one by one." The NAO said in two other statements on Wednesday that Bank of China (BOC) and Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC) both breached regulations in granting loans and balance management. BOC issued ...

MySuper authorisations hit 99

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... is the fourth resources sector company to obtain its own MySuper authorisation for their staff super fund. The others are Boc Gases Super Fund, BHP Billiton Super Fund and the Worsley Alumina Super Fund. While there are only 99 MySuper authorised funds ...

Cap scrap leaves tax abuses unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The financial services industry has welcomed the removal of the self-education expense deductions, but the measure leaves concerns about taxpayers' abuse of the system unanswered. The Labor government introduced a cap of $2,000 on tax deductibility ...

ANZ, BHP, Tidswell get MySuper authorisation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... choice nominations from their employees. Three of these five corporate MySuper authorisations are in the resources sector: BOC Gases, BHP Billiton and Worsley Alumina. These figures from the regulator APRA reveal that in the past month 11 MySuper products ...

Julius Baer, BOC in private wealth JV

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... of China in an aim to secure better access to Asia's growing class of ultra rich. As part of the deal, the Bank of China (BOC) has sold its Swiss unit to Julius Baer and will refer clients with private banking needs outside mainland China to the Zurich-based ...