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No tears for China's disappointing data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... or it risks missing even its lowered GDP growth target if 6.5% - 7.0%. But despite the negative implications, financial markets weren't perturbed (this time) -- calmed by Governor Zhou's reassuring words. Governor Zhou held a media briefing just before ...

Four bazookas and a phrase

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... 1.6% stronger relative to the greenback. If money were not made or lost based on this phrase, I would say that financial markets were doing a Rod Stewart on Mario - "I was only joking, my dear". This is because the ECB's latest salvo underscores Mario's ...

RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... pressure on the NZ$ as it rose to a high of US$0.6869 during the month. The heightened volatility that greeted the financial markets in the New Year has taken the NZ$ back down below US$0.65 but has been climbing since - to above US$0.68 - before the ...

ANZ searches for new chief economist

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... acting managing director markets Shayne Collins. Yetsenga joined ANZ in 2011 and was most recently global head of financial markets research, responsible for economic research across all ANZ's financial markets products. Prior to this he held senior ...

ANZ ready to fight ASIC over BBSW

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... to this area. "Our practices in the BBSW market were consistent with Australian market practices in wholesale financial markets and we reject ASIC's characterisation of the transactions in question. "Chat messages between traders is an issue that we ...

T+2 settlement arrives on Monday

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... the financial industry, and see investors receive their cash or securities sooner. In addition, the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) will move to T+2 settlement for Australian fixed income products on 7 March 2016, creating consistency ...

Crouching services, contracting manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... the more important, National People's Congress (NPC) will start on the 5th and lasts approximately 10 days. Financial markets expect that the Chinese government will lower its growth target to 6.5%-7.0% at this meeting while at the same time announcing ...

A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... "...reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March" aka increase policy stimulus. Financial markets expect the ECB to announce another reduction in the deposit rate (now minus 0.3%) deeper into negative or expand its bond purchases ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... Yup, "agree to do more" and "continue to monitor". Then again, perhaps this is the right course of action for financial markets could just easily interpret immediate "action" as indication of panic. Watch and wait should be what the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

AIA profit boosted by Asian insurance demand

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... market-leading brand and financial strength." Tucker added, "Despite the recent volatility and uncertainty in global financial markets, Asia remains the most attractive and dynamic region for life insurance in the world. "The life insurance industry ...