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Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... granted a temporary exemption to EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea until May 1 - ECB President Mario Draghi said that while the central bank remains confident that inflation would eventually rise to the ECB's target of ...

Placer Property launches new fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... opportunities for investors seeking regular and reliable income from commercial property," Placer Property joint managing director Mario Papaleo said. The previous funds are the NewActon East Property Fund and the Stables Property Fund. With the third ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
Not a single soul could argue with ECB President Mario Draghi's assessment that "euro area economy is expanding robustly" and neither with his self-congratulatory remark that "our measures have put the euro area economy on a solid growth pathway, driven ...

Chief economist update: Euro's uptrend is a downtrend risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
While none expected a change in monetary policy, not a few anticipated ECB president Mario Draghi to deliver a less dovish message (at the very least) after the European Central Bank's first governing council meeting for 2018. Perhaps, the underlying ...

ASIC bans ex-CBA adviser for five years

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... review of ASIC's decision via the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Separately, South Australian financial adviser David Mario Alafaci copped a permanent ban as of 22 December 2017 for instructing clients to pay fees-for-service into his personal bank ...

Former Centra Wealth adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... permanently banned after he was found to be receiving fees for service into his personal bank account. ASIC has banned David Mario Alafaci on the basis that he is not of good fame or character. An authorised representative of Centra Wealth between 2 ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... Bank's (ECB) October monetary policy meeting ended financial market speculations over its QE exit strategy. ECB president Mario Draghi did what he telegraphed he would -- discuss QE unwind strategy in October - and offered something better - a clearer ...

GSFM scores major alternatives partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... benefits of owning alternatives; the demand is only going to increase as more people appreciate their benefits," he said. Since Mario Draghi "rang the bell in 2012 and asserted to do anything it takes to save Europe," he added, equity markets have been ...

Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's concern over the impact of the euro currency's appreciation, that is. Recall that the ECB had been conspicuous in its silence about the euro since its 20 July ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... more than the A$ (up 9.4%), the NZ$ (up 5.4%) and the rupee (5.9%). Yet, the European Central Bank (ECB) and its president Mario Draghi have so far been conspicuous in not voicing out their trepidation over the euro's sharp appreciation. Unlike in previous ...