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ING partners for fraud prevention

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... software provider to upgrade its fraud detection and prevention facilities. The move occurs ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) launching the New Payments Platform, which will allow real-time transactions between any participating authorised ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... 0.4% in VIC, 0.3% in TAS and 1.3% in the ACT. Australia RBA policy decision As widely-expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its 6 December Board meeting which it deemed "consistent ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... save ammunition... just in case. The US Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England and the Reserve Bank of Australia all kept their domestic monetary policy settings unchanged. To be sure, only a very few expected one or more or all central ...

FirstChoice Alternatives adds new macro manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... growth in this fund." The portfolio was launched in 2014 and aims to generate a before fees return of the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate plus 4% by investing in a diversified portfolio of alternative investment strategies.

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
You can bet the house on your favourite steed come 1 November, Melbourne Cup Day, but not on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shaving another 25 basis points off the official cash rate that currently stands at a record low 1.5%. This is the message ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Australia private sector credit Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) figures showed that the annual growth in private sector credit slowed from 6.0% in July to 5.8% in August - the slowest rate since October 2014. Except for the bumps in December 2015 and ...

Senior staff changes at RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
The Reserve Bank of Australia is restructuring, seeing a number of internal moves and one retirement. Current assistant governor, economic, Christopher Kent has been appointed assistant governor, financial markets; a role made vacant following Guy Debelle's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Australia business confidence The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 25bps cut in the official cash rate to 1.50% in August helped lift the NAB business confidence indext from a reading of plus 4 in July to plus 6 last month - consistent with its long-term ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... pessimists this month. Not surprisingly, the increase in consumer confidence was in response to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 25 bps cut in interest rates on the 2nd of August - the survey was conducted in the first four days of this month - ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... smooth funding in foreign currencies by Japanese firms and financial institutions". Unlike the BOJ, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) did not blame Brexit for its decision to lower the official cash rate to a fresher low of 1.5% when its Board met ...