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Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... "But I want to emphasise that the course of the economy and inflation remains highly uncertain, and unanticipated developments could delay or accelerate this first step". The Bank of Canada's "surprise" move overnight, cutting interest rates by 25 bps ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... in May and 23% in April. But just in case, his warning that the BOE is close to lift-off unravels all these good developments, he was quick to reassure financial markets and economic agents and households that, "Once rates begin to adjust, we expect ...

Pension funds loading up on alternatives: BIS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... experienced strong credit and property price growth over the past four quarters." On the topic of monetary policy developments, the report said the central banks in Australia, Canada and Norway eased "as inflation declined along with commodity prices ...

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... any outlay must be expected to be recouped within a few years," the research paper said. A separate paper, Recent Developments in Asset Management, raised a concern that in the event of a significant negative shock to current favourable conditions "some ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... fears subside", said research analyst Kash Kamal at Sucden Financial. Investors were nevertheless keeping an eye on developments with Greece, with the European Commission saying it was not satisfied with Greece's new bailout reform proposals. HONG KONG ...

Market flat at noon

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... days of losses. Traders might have come to a consensus that prices had fallen far enough and would wait for further developments before committing, said CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner. "It is a relief I guess," he told AAP. "It is interesting ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... country's elections, offsetting support for the drinks and banking sectors. Markets were also tracking the latest developments surrounding Greece's standoff with the European Union in debt talks, as well as comments out of the Group of Seven summit in ...

CBA granted renminbi licence

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... foundation member of the Australia ASX-Bank of China RMB settlement platform launched last year. We expect to see ongoing developments in this space as companies understand the benefit of using RMB ranging from cost savings, better trade terms and much ...

Netwealth rolls out Model Office improvements

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... look and ease of navigation to the various scaled and non-scaled advice documents are based on adviser feedback. The developments were made over 18 months and involved 20 financial advisers and 16 specialist staff. Simon Micallef, head of netwealth Advice ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... likely to start the week in cautious mode as markets assimilate the impact of weaker than expected US data and wait on developments in the Greek debt saga," Ric Spooner, chief market analyst in Sydney at CMC Markets said. "The first Fed rate hike now ...