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Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
Financial markets have been eagerly awaiting (and rubbing their palms at the same time) this meeting - the 3 December ECB Governing Council meeting - ever since the ECB President promised at his 22 October press conference in Malta that, "The degree ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... the economy from significantly overshooting both of our goals. Such an abrupt tightening would risk disrupting financial markets and perhaps even inadvertently push the economy into recession." This is what Fed Chair Janet Yellen told the Economic Club ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... in the first month of this year? Recall "Francogeddon" or "currency tsunami" - the terms describing the shock financial markets received when on 15 January, the SNB abandoned its 3-year old CHF1.20/Euro exchange rate cap. It soared by 22.4 against the ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... (ECB) would have announced increased policy accommodation - they're only now debating what form it'll take. Financial markets expect a reduction in the deposit rate and an increase in asset purchases. It's as certain as sure that the Fed will lift its ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... the view of OECD director financial and enterprise affairs, and special adviser to the secretary-general for financial markets, Adrian Blundell-Wignall. Opening a global pension summit at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) annual ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... such a delay, if the reasons were not well understood by market participants, could increase uncertainty in financial markets and unduly magnify the perceived importance of the beginning of the policy normalization process." This one sentence in the ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... shoe on the other put and wondering what if the Fed gets it wrong? The timing of the lift-off, that is. The financial markets' performance over the past week shows there is now widespread acceptance - sweet surrender? - for a fed lift before you, I and ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... portfolios. They may be building in more concentration risk at a time when trustees are increasingly concerned about financial markets," according to Bowerman. Financial advice and education are both key to portfolio diversification. Verante Financial ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... again, would be compounded by the strong US dollar. To be sure, like the Madrid and London bombings, and 9/11, financial markets would regain their composure in no time after the Paris attacks. Still, Friday the 13th 2015 only adds to the list of the ...

Pick a number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... certain though - we'll know the RBA's decision (230PM) long before the Melbourne Cup runs (300PM). Economists and financial markets have placed convincing rationale rationals for why the RBA will/the RBA won't cut interest rates from the current 2.0% ...