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Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) must be breathing a sigh of relief at the latest housing finance figures indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property ...

Financial advice standards body revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... of differing backgrounds to professionalise the advice sector, Walter also currently serves as a director of the Reserve Bank of Australia's Payments Systems Board and for the Australian Foundation Investment Company. Having been appointed to more than ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
It'll be interesting to be a fly on the wall of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) boardroom today when Governor Philip Lowe and his team deliberate on what to do with the country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the Australian ...

Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... happens in our country. The fact is our interest rates are where they are because the US and Europe are at 0% - the Reserve Bank of Australia is more concerned about what happens to the currency due to that yield differential than they are about arduously ...

RBNZ on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has a positive view of the international economy - "Macroeconomic indicators in advanced economies have been positive over the past two months" -inflation - "Global headline inflation has increased... Core inflation ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update on residential property prices brought home the Reserve Bank of Australia's current concerns and noted in its March monetary policy statement: "Conditions in the housing market vary considerably around ...

Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... Westpac institutional bank from 2002. He joined Westpac in 1996 as head of foreign exchange and began his career at the Reserve Bank of Australia before moving to Citicorp and AIDC Limited. Chief executive Brian Hartzer said Westpac had benefited from ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% -- where it had been since August last year -- while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global and domestic economy. Not only has the RBA ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... there very soon. The Fed risks instilling doubt over the US economic outlook if it doesn't raise rates next week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), which holds its policy meeting today, is not expected to alter current interest rates settings.

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... jobless rate from 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% by the end of 2017 and 5.3% next year. This is at the low end of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) end-2017 growth forecasts of 2.5%-3.5% and 2.75%-3.75% in 2018 (published in its February 2017 monetary ...