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AFCA creates small businesses ombudsman role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... disputes," she said. AFCA chief ombudsman and chief executive David Locke said: "With the arrival of AFCA, and the increase in monetary limits, many small business complaints will now be covered by an external dispute resolution scheme for the very first ...

Chief economist update: Slowing in sync

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... to keep up with the metaphor, flattening the tyres of global growth. There's the Fed's determination to return monetary policy back to normality - that's sending emerging markets (currencies and equity markets) in a tailspin - there's ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
When the Bank of England's (BOE) Monetary Policy Council (MPC) unanimously voted to raise the Bank Rate by 25 bps to 0.75% on the 2nd of August, BOE governor Mark Carney was quoted as saying, "The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you ...

One-stop complaints shop opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... banks, credit providers, insurance companies or superannuation funds," he said. "AFCA will have significantly higher monetary limits and compensation caps than were available under the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and Credit and Investments Ombudsman ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... lost in coming months." Fortunately for the ECB, it placed a caveat on its forward guidance when it issued its October monetary policy statement. "Regarding non-standard monetary policy measures, the Governing Council will continue to make net purchases ...

Chief economist update: BOJ on a steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) starts its two-day monetary policy meeting today and it's not about to give financial markets a Halloween spook when it announces the policy board's decision tomorrow. Monetary policy settings will remain unchanged - ...

Enforceable undertakings are effective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... financial services firm to improve failing compliance. The process is supervised by an external expert and in some instances monetary compensation from the firm is also required. Twenty other Australian regulators rely on EUs. Leading the study, UNSW ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... FOMC's 25-26 September meeting, revealing that it's full speed ahead for the Fed. "With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond this meeting, participants generally anticipated that further gradual increases in the target range for the ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... The FTSE 100 index fell by 0.4% on September 13 - the day when the Bank of England (BOE) met and announced no change in monetary policy settings, keeping the bank rate at 0.75% (after the 25bps lift in August). While the BOE's move was widely expected ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... US$0.7422. For sure, one of the major factors afflicting the kiwi dollar/US dollar exchange rate is the divergence in monetary settings and outlook between New Zealand and the United States. One, that's been underscored by the policy decisions of ...