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Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
This from the morning Factset 'Top Stories' feed: Why are stocks lower? Weakness in US equities follows big bounce over last couple of weeks in the wake of October selloff. iPhone demand concerns weighing heavily on AAPL-US, supply chain names ...

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 - ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... super problem. "The wholesale waiver of statutory penalties prescribed under the law for failing to pay super on time is a green light to unscrupulous employers short-changing their workers' super," he said. "The available penalties, which are equivalent ...

CBA releases remediation scorecard

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... reviewer hasn't assessed them yet as CBA delivered them to the reviewer at the end of the set August 2017 reporting period. The green tick Independent reviewer Promontory Australasia found only one change was effective and complete - the chief risk officer ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Be afraid, be very afraid. This appears to be the foreboding flashing on investors' dashboards following yesterday's 3.7% drubbing in the Shanghai composite index and the 0.5% depreciation in the Chinese yuan CNY6.9136 versus the greenback. ...

Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Just when we thought the times of central bank surprises were things of the past, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) brought them back. The RBI kept interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 6.5%, reverse repo rate at 6.25% - at the conclusion of its October ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
There were some moments so far in 2018 when it perked up against the US dollar but the path of least resistance has been a decline for the New Zealand dollar. The NZ dollar has dropped by 6.8% versus the greenback (to US$0.6628) this year to date and ...

AFCA membership deadline arrives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... in time. "Financial firms must prioritise obtaining their AFCA membership," ASIC said. Earlier this month ASIC gave the green light on AFCA's complaint resolution scheme, approving the rules and processed to be applied to all complaints. At the time ...

ASIC marks AFCA milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Authority's complaint resolution rules, marking a significant milestone in time for its November 1 launch. ASIC gave the green light on the AFCA's complaint resolution scheme, which sets out rules and processes applied to all complaints, including superannuation ...

Nikko expands green bond capability

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
The global asset manager has widened the investment universe for its green bonds strategy, as it expands capabilities in the asset class. The mandate for Nikko Asset Management's global green bond strategy now allows it to invest in sovereign, supranational ...