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Westpac chair joins boutique manager board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... October 9 and will provide investors an exposure to a portfolio of more than 50 corporate loans targeting a return of the RBA cash rate plus 3.25% per annum net of fees. MCP manages wholesale funds with assets of more than $2 billion.

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... economic activity and inflation than currently forecast." This followed August's 'Statement on Monetary Policy' where the RBA noted that: "It is possible that the Australian dollar could appreciate further, which if sustained, would be expected to result ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... Less than a fortnight from now, Philip Lowe celebrates his first anniversary as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - succeeding Glenn Stevens on 18 September 2016. One thing that could be said about his first year stint as head honcho of ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... concerns about rising interest rates." But while we consumers, consensus and Bill appear to be getting it, it's also getting the RBA further away towards achieving its inflation forecasts. In its 'Statement on Monetary Policy' (released early this month) ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
One thing stood out when the Reserve Banks of India (RBI), Australia (RBA) and New Zealand (RBNZ) conducted their monetary policy meetings in August, and that is... they all want a lower exchange rate (please sir). Both the RBA and the RBNZ kept interest ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... such as electricity and emerging concerns about rising interest rates..." Yes Virginia, we're back to wages. The same one the RBA notes as the "largest component of business costs" and which helps explain rising company profitability and therefore, business ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... remained at a record low 1.9% in the year to the March quarter (the ABS will release the June quarter tally next week). As the RBA recently noted, "as wages are the largest component of business costs, the outlook for wage growth is particularly important ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... a little higher, and lies between two and 3% over much of the forecast period." This was the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) opening paragraph in its 'Statement of Monetary Policy' report for August 2017. The overall tone of the report was bullish ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Signaling a reorientation in Australia's credit markets, the RBA Financial Aggregates report for June shows that business borrowing has surged relative to home borrowings even as home borrowing still dominates credit markets. According to the RBA total ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
It got less press than the June quarter CPI report - which showed inflation in Australia remained below the RBA's target in the June quarter - but the Australian bank governor Philip Lowe's address to the Anika Foundation luncheon in Sydney was held ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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