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OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018

Saudi Arabia and Russia weren't pleased with US President Trump when they announced no immediate increase in oil production following the OPEC and non-OPEC nations meeting in Algiers on September 23. The decision sent oil prices soaring - Brent ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018

... presenting better policies than their opposite numbers are no longer. At the end of the day, to paraphrase DavidW2035's tweet, "people will continue to be too scared to go out to dinner in Canberra. There are gangs of old white men with blue ties stabbing ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018

Think it's called a "swan dive" not a "Turkey" dive but this is exactly what the Turkish lira did over the past week as it engaged the world's biggest superpower into a diplomatic stoush. "I fought the law and the law won." - The Clash America ...

Chief economist update: Fed funds at five point O

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018

The absence of fresh threat tweets from the US president has allowed me to take a fresh look at the US non-farm payrolls report released over the weekend. It was good. Nah, it was excellent, the stuff of every central bank's dream. US non-farm payrolls ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018

Shots fired! Shots fired! The threat of a trade war became real on 6 July 2018, when at exactly 12:01 am (NY time), the US imposed a 25% tariff on US$34 billion of Chinese imports to which China immediately responded with a percent-for-percent and dollar-for-dollar ...

VOFF asks Medcraft to "face the music"

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018

Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) are calling on former ASIC chair Greg Medcraft and deputy chair Peter Kell to answer for alleged mishandling of financial services regulation. VOFF wants Medcraft and Kell to be recalled to the Royal Commission so they ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018

The Labor Party said pensioners and working Australians will be most disadvantaged by this year's Budget proposals. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the Liberal Government's budget is "unfair" and favours big business. In a series of Tweets, Shorten ...

RC findings bring shame on advice industry: social media

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018

... others). This RC is embarrassing to our industry. #cleanitup #RoyalCommission - Capitalwise (@CapitalwiseFS) April 17, 2018 A tweet from self-licensed advice firm Capitalwise said this is the first time one has caused to feel shame for working as a financial ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about oil baby

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018

The Middle Kingdom's supremo, Chinese President Xi Jinpeng, sent equity markets on the up and up. Instead of talking tough and raising the ante on the brewing trade war with the US, Xi announced the opposite. In his speech at the Boao Forum for Asia ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018

... central bank's 2.0% inflation target. This is underscored by Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank president Neel Kashkari's tweet, "I, for one, need to see more data," following the release of the December CPI report. Chances are Kashkari will get his wish ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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