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Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... 1.25% and 0.75% - as having taken the markets by surprise. Most were expecting the Canadian central bank to stand pat on monetary policy. But 20/20 hindsight vision makes it clear the BOC needed to follow-up the 25 basis point hike on 12 July with another. ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... opening of 2026.16 points and hitting a record high 2451.33 points on 24 July this year. The clincher: in its 31 August monetary policy statement - where it kept interest rates unchanged for the 12 straight meeting at a record low 1.25% - the Bank of ...

MainstreamBPO given green light for offshore acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
MainstreamBPO has received regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of Ireland and the Cayman Investment Monetary Authority to acquire an international fund administrator for US$5 million. As previously flagged in May, MainstreamBPO entered into a ...

Future Fund expected to grow to $200bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... historically low levels. "As we look out at the internal investment environment, we still see extraordinarily accommodative monetary settings - interest rates are extraordinarily low by historical standards, and some areas of the globe still have quite ...

Lapsed adviser registrations could spell trouble: TPB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... or claims to be a registered tax (financial) adviser when they are in fact unregistered could be hit with significant monetary penalties. The TPB has urged all tax (financial) advisers ensure their contact details are current as it will issue reminders ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... 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), the RBA predicted underlying inflation to "reach around 2% over the second half of 2017 ...

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
... now negative. In simple terms, wages are growing by less than the increase in consumer prices. The RBA's 'Statement on Monetary Policy August 2017' report already touched on the dangers of this for the Australian economy: "Ongoing expectations for low ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... sufficient demand to pull consumer prices up. A dynamic not lost on the Australian central bank. In its August 'Statement on Monetary Policy', the RBA stated: "expectations for low real wage growth remain a key downside risk for household spending." ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... Carney didn't follow through on the remarks he made at the European Central Bank Forum in Portugal that, "Some removal of monetary stimulus is likely to become necessary if the trade-off facing the MPC continues to lessen..." The BOE's announced no change ...