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BTFG names insurers on expanded APL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... advisers, including risk awareness to support client relationships. Training on the products will be available from early March, in addition to the ongoing training it offers through incumbent insurer, Westpac Life. Late last year BTFG enhanced its off-APL ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... likes. In his address at the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in early March last year, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang at the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... December 2017. Growth is good and getting better. As the policy statement noted, "Incoming data since our meeting in early March confirm that the cyclical recovery of the euro area economy is becoming increasingly solid and that downside risks have further ...

A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... Draghi will make good on his 21 January promise to "...reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March" aka increase policy stimulus. Financial markets expect the ECB to announce another reduction in the deposit rate (now minus ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... European Central Bank (ECB) would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March in order to secure a return of inflation rates towards levels below, but close to, 2%" and emphasised that, "we have the power ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... rolling, announcing that the ECB would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March in order to secure a return of inflation rates towards levels below, but close to, 2%" and that, "we have the power ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... night's ECB announcement that it would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting 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 ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... sure, sure. But exchange rate targeting aside, Draghi mentioned "diverging policy cycles". Yes, perhaps... back in early March - the time when the ECB minted the first of its monthly €60 billion for its QE programme, the time when the Fed was most ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... TPG Telecom. Among the big miners BHP shares jumped 50 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $32.55, its highest level since early March. Rio Tinto climbed $1.35, or 2.3%, to $59.14 while Fortescue lifted 18 cents, or 8.1%, to $2.39. A moderate lead from Wall Street ...

IOOF rejigs SFG investment team following buyout

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... investment officer Matthew Drennan will assume the role of IOOF group head of research and portfolio construction in early March. Drennan will report to IOOF group general manager of advice Michael Farrell. Peter Hilton will continue to lead IOOF's advice ...