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Chief economist update: The bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its World Economic Outlook April report where it slashed its global growth projections to 3.3% this year, down from 3.5% forecast in January and from 3.7% predicted in its October 2018 outlook ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... meeting, the BOJ maintained current interest rate settings and promised to continue with quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) with yield curve control aiming to achieve the price stability target of 2%. It's optimistic outlook noted ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... momentum. For at the same time that news broke about Trump's planned "tour of duty" to the EU, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its "World Economic Outlook, April" report which shaved the global GDP growth outlook to 3.3% this year ...

Chief economist update: Two indicators giving the Fed a headache

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
It appears nothing is normal with the Fed's march toward normalising monetary policy. Not only has it stopped in its tracks, the White House wants it to go in reverse. Cue US President Trump's latest "advice" to the Fed: "In terms of quantitative ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property price falls become self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... Australian Financial Review's (AFR) quotable quotes from its exclusive interview of Thomas Helbling - the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) lead analyst for Australia. No prizes for guessing, Helbling was talking about Australian property prices ...

Chief economist update: ECB digs deeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... XX' conference in Frankfurt on March 27, he concluded his speech emphasising that, "... the ECB will adopt all the monetary policy actions that are necessary and proportionate to achieve its objective. We are not short of instruments to deliver on ...

Chief economist update: Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
When its monetary policy committee met on 21 March and voted unanimously to keep the Bank Rate unchanged at 0.75 and maintain bond purchases at £435 billion, the Bank of England (BOE) declared its future actions would largely depend on Brexit. "The ...

Future Fund hires from WTW

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... performance of the portfolios as a whole." Brake has been an external expert on investment management for the International Monetary Fund, advising nations on establishing and the management of sovereign wealth funds. She has also previously held senior ...

Frydenberg takes action on banning grandfathered commissions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... conflicted remuneration payable after 1 January 2021 to be rebated to affected customers "or passed on in the form of a monetary benefit." The amendment will require product manufacturers to keep records on the amounts to be passed on to clients. It ...

Melbourne boutique hires portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... JCB, he will work alongside deputy chief investment officer Kate Samranvedhya who joined the boutique from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority last year. Both are based in Singapore, where the boutique opened an office last year as it branched out of Aussie ...