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Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... world's financial markets says no. The Fed, after all, has time and again, reminded us that they would be watching "developments in the financial markets" and "incoming data". But woe is us, for the last important data we got - the US non-farm payrolls ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has flagged new developments in post-retirement as an area it will be monitoring closely. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference recently ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... and a slower increase in inflation rates compared with earlier expectations... Taking into account the most recent developments in oil prices and recent exchange rates, there are downside risks..." More so because latest available growth and inflation ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Australia?" he asked, adding that a "purist" position would also involve divesting from the big four banks, which fund coal developments. Activists "are putting the pressure in the wrong place. To expect that the superannuation industry can change these ...

Folkestone builds on strong foundations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... wealth solutions by growing our funds management platform and undertaking quality residential and non-residential developments on our balance sheet," Folkestone managing director Greg Paramor said. Among its achievements this year the company has launched ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... mistake statement from European Central Bank executive board member and chief economist Peter Praet last night: "Developments in the world economy and in commodity markets have increased the downside risk of achieving the sustainable inflation path toward ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... from everyone else; they are a Hong Kong-listed group that use the liquidity from their banking operations to fund developments in mainland China, instead of funding them with debt," he says. Hang Lung is well-known for building high quality shopping ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... the continuing volatility in China's stock market and its recent devaluation of the yuan (it could devalue again). Developments in China - coupled with speculation over an imminent Fed interest rate hike - are in turn wreaking havoc in emerging markets. ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... the yuan on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (when the ECB meeting minutes were released) last week. "...financial developments in China could have a larger than expected adverse impact, given this country's prominent role in global trade". Which brings ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... significant judgements in a number of areas, as described in the August Inflation Report.A In any one of these areas, developments might easily turn out differently than assumed with implications for the outlook for growth and inflation, and therefore ...