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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 ...

Larry Fink warns of bubble in income assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... bank liquidity measures. In a letter to shareholders, BlackRock chief executive Laurence Fink said aggressive monetary policy was the biggest driver of asset-price bubbles forcing yield-starved investors to turn to lower-rated credits and longer-duration ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... economy and exacerbating a long-anticipated decline in resource related investment. The outlook suggests supportive monetary policy and a somewhat weaker exchange rate will underpin non-resource activity with Australia's growth gradually rising between ...

Fund manager insists active approach not broken

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... expansions without supporting economic or earnings growth. But there are signs that because the extraordinary monetary policy has ended, the market has returned to its fundamentals. "Only in the last four months of 2014, as QE3 came to an end, did stocks ...

Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... Financial Stability Report offered five policy messages about the asset management industry, focusing on navigating monetary policy challenges and managing risks. Among the messages the IMF has called for "hands on" supervision with better data and oversight ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... Monsieur Dudley's comforting words - ones that reiterate the Fed head honcho's (honcha?) statement at "The New Normal Monetary Policy" research conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco last month when she discussed the whys and ...

ASIC to investigate AUD spike

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... public. "ASIC confirms it will investigate a spike in the Australian dollar shortly before the Reserve Bank's monetary policy decision today," ASIC's statement said. "The investigation will look at trading in the dollar prior to the RBA's interest rate ...

Digital currency continues to be monitored: RBA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
The Reserve Bank of Australia believes digital currencies do not currently raise issues for them in terms of monetary policy and financial stability mandates. The RBA recently addressed a Senate Economics References Committee inquiry about digital currency ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... miners making the strongest gains. Comments from People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan suggesting further monetary policy easing boosted Wall Street, which saw the local market firm by more than one per cent, City Index senior market analyst ...