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ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... ASIC's statement, it has made "extensive inquiries" into the RBA's "information flow" in the periods prior to its monetary policy announcements. It is investigating multiple foreign exchange markets and has requested trading data from financial institutions ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... cut interest rates at its May meeting on Tuesday next week, which also boosted financial market pricing for some monetary policy easing. "Again once, we've got that stimulus idea coming through," Weston said. Commonwealth Bank had added eight cents to ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... an impending rise in US interest rates. Douglass argued that there is a "Great Disagreement" as to where the US monetary policy will head over the next three years. While the Federal Reserve anticipates a normalisation of the economy and the monetary ...

Pubs satisfying BlackRock income thirst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... in the UK has been to be actually short UK gilts. They're about 20 basis points lower on the year." Thiel said monetary policy in the UK is on hold until the election is over, which is about a week away. He also believes it is likely to be on hold until ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... European stocks tumbled on weak US economic growth data, and before the outcome of the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting. Frankfurt's blue-chip DAX 30 index plunged 3.21 per cent on Wednesday to close at 11,432.72 points, while the CAC ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
In three days time, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will again meet to talk about monetary policy. Chances are there's little chance of a change in policy settings. The BOJ board would decide to keep settings as they did at the 7-8 April gabfest -- key interest ...

Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... reach 7% by December and the RBA will cut interest rates by 50 basis points. BlackRock says economic growth and monetary policy are diverging globally and the US Federal Reserve is gearing up for its first rate rise since 2006. The firm says the central ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... Australian investors to increase exposure to global fixed income." BlackRock, which manages US$4.77 trillion, says easy monetary policy around the world has dampened volatility and inflated asset prices. Currently BlackRock prefers equities over bonds ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
As expected, the Bank of England (BOE) decided to do nothing at its 9 April monetary policy meeting, stating that: "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... sustainable economic growth" but would welcome "Any help in boosting sustainable growth from other policies" because "monetary policy alone won't deliver... a durable and sustainable increase in growth, in an environment where private leverage is already ...