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It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016

... in early March in order to secure a return of inflation rates towards levels below, but close to, 2%" In his Q&A, ECB President Mario Draghi even stressed that, "we have the power, the willingness and the determination to act. There are no limits to ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015

... but be amazed at how deftly Fed Chair Janet Yellen pulled lift-off off - more so, if viewed in contrast with the ECB President Mario Draghi's disastrous handling of his own "policy announcement" on 3 December. The Fed's decision to take the fed funds ...

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015

... rubbing their palms at the same time) this meeting - the 3 December ECB Governing Council meeting - ever since the ECB President promised at his 22 October press conference in Malta that, "The degree of monetary policy accommodation will need to be re-examined ...

Market to open higher

AAP | THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015

... economy returned to modest-to-moderate growth during April and May after stalling in the first quarter of the year. ECB President Mario Draghi praised the bank's stimulus policies and said there were no plans to end them more quickly than planned. "As ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015

... cast". This is what Julius Caesar exclaimed when he crossed the river Rubicon back in 49 BC. The same phrase that ECB president Mario Draghi must be uttering to himself as he began spending the first euro of his a,-60 billion a month quantitative easing ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015

... factors dissipate". This gave me an eerie sense of dA(C)jA vu. For it was around this time last year, in Davos, that ECB president Mario Draghi also poo-poohed the risk of deflation. This was Rueters' headline on 24 January 2014, "ECB's Draghi doesn't ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015

... real improvements in the real economy... and that's also if the monetary policy transmission mechanism -- which the ECB President deems broken, had been repaired. Hopefully, this latest fix will help fix it.

A trillion euros is in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014

... and/or expected a,-1 trillion expansion in the European Central Bank's (ECB) balance sheet has just become fact - ECB President Mario Draghi promised - and it's unanimous. Most would have probably read the ECB statement by this time - and the various ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014

... anytime soon. In fact, the ECB is set to announce the details of its recent policy easing measures later tonight. ECB president Mario Draghi only last night reiterated his pledge "...to deliver our most important commitment, which is to bring inflation ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014

... the underutilisation of their respective labour markets. There is nothing wrong with this. It makes sense. For as ECB President Mario Draghi eloquently laid out in his opening address: "No one in society remains untouched by a situation of high unemployment. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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