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Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... the deterioration in international trade, driven by Trump's war on trade and what was then, the incipient slowdown in China and global economic growth. They're now becoming full-bloom. Note that Australian property prices weren't in meltdown ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... were expected to announce exit policies - both are now expected to keep policy settings on hold. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has shifted to an accommodative policy stance. Sure, these would delay central banks' march towards policy normalisation ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services names APAC lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... services business, which provides custody and back-office functions, currently employs about 2800 people across Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore. Benoit will relocate to Paris to take up his new position ...

Female board representation increases in Australia: MSCI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... but noted strong growth in female chief financial officers in emerging markets, noting Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines and China all had a higher proportion of chief financial officers than overall board representation.

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... stance at the Fed (a pause?); a cut in the reserve requirement ratio - and promises of more monetary and fiscal stimuli - in China; and expectations that the central banks of the Eurozone and Japan would keep their respective monetary policies on ice. ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
Economic slowdown and waning tax revenue is set to delay the Federal Government's 2019/20 financial year surplus, according to market analysts at Fitch Solutions. In December 2018, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced ...

VanEck drops fees on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
Australia's first China A-shares ETF has knocked 12bps off its annual management fees, after a decision taken by the board in the United States. The VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF (ASX: CETF) will now charge 0.60% instead of the 0.72%. The ...

Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Our resident chief economist explains why the continued drop in property prices could force the RBA to defy consensus and cut rates. First, some global context. US Federal Reserve has hinted that it will be more dovish with regards to monetary policy ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... rates," Sagun added. "Resolution, which we're seeing nascent stages of with a revised NAFTA and a truce between the US and China, would be the greatest catalyst for equity markets in 2019," he said.

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... on 1 March 2018 set the wheels of global economic activity and trade into reverse and with them, equity market fortunes. China, being Trump's central target, is worse hit as its economy and its stockmarket declined. So much so, the People's Bank ...