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Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... slowing growth, its manipulation of the stock market, its currency devaluation - for why the sky is falling on financial markets, the root of all this evil is the rise and rise of the US dollar - prompted, of course, by speculations that a US interest ...

IRESS sees profit in wealth management

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... chief executive Andrew Walsh said there was strength in the company's core businesses, including a resilient financial markets business and continued demand in wealth management. "Momentum in wealth management remains strong as a range of financial services ...

IRESS partners with global broker

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... proportion of the Australian broking community both locally and internationally," IRESS managing director of financial markets for Australia and New Zealand Kirsty Gross said. "Olivetree needed a partner in Australia who could understand our needs and ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... believer for yesterday it went for a devaluation trifecta - 1.9% Tuesday, 1.2% Wednesday and 1.1% Thursday. If financial markets panicked on the first surprise devaluation announcement - because of "China hard landing"; "currency war"; "deflation pressure" ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... But hey, isn't this what the Politburo want as it tries to rebalance the economy towards consumption? While financial markets view the PBOC's move as smack of desperation for its slowing economy, I lean more towards the "currency liberalisation" camp. ...

Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... China has given the markets what they wanted and had been speculating all this time. Only the previous day, financial markets were happy at China's poor trade figures because that meant stimulation is coming pronto. Sure, the Politburo didn't give markets ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... on Tuesday, and a surprisingly strong report on U.S. service-sector growth Wednesday morning". Yup, that's it financial markets saw the surge in the US ISM Non-Manufacturing index in July - economy is gaining momentum - and they heard Lockhart talk of ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... sure, to be sure, these disappointing sentiment readings could be explained by the increased volatility in the financial markets in June and July due to the uncertainties created by Grexit and China's stock market collapse. Then again, the worsened sentiment ...

SMSFs keeping cash for better markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... portfolios. They may be building in more concentration risk at a time when trustees are increasingly concerned about financial markets," Bowerman said. Investment Trends head of research wealth management, Recep III Peker, said although it looked like ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... central bank's first step into returning monetary policy back to normal, the more relevant question is how would financial markets react. The latest Wall Street Journal (WSJ) survey of economists show 82% expect a September lift-off; Bloomberg's survey ...