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Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... differential also favours America - 1.8% (for the US) versus 1.1%. Like the Japanese yen, is the Australian dollar becoming a safe-haven currency? While relative US-Australia monetary policy and growth forecasts favour buying American dollars against ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
ASIC is calling time on the financial services industry's reliance on disclosure as the default consumer protection, saying it enables poor conduct and poor consumer outcomes. The regulator said disclosures have been assumed to inform consumers to make ...

Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... created by the on-going US-China stoush provides no help for Japan's external sector. More so given that this is prompting safe-haven buying in the yen compounding the challenges faced by Japanese manufacturers. Recent data shows that the Jibun Bank ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." - Jaws The history of the US-China trade negotiations has followed a pattern ever since it began in 2018 - rhetoric from both sides building hopes for a deal only to be followed by escalating ...

Insider trading rife among company directors: ANU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... after public announcements have flown under the radar. "The practice is both creative and criminal," Katselas said. "In the safe knowledge of what's coming in the future for their firms, these company directors and many of their associates, are confidently ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... within our projection horizon". The general uncertainty over the global economy has already sent investors flocking to the safe-haven yen. The absence of corresponding action by the BOJ (relative to its peers) compounds the upward pressure on the Japanese ...

ASIC prepares to be primary super conduct regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... he said. "It also demonstrates that we will continue to use all of the regulatory tools at our disposal to deliver a fair, safe and efficient financial system for all Australians."

AFA Foundation headed for milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... posing as a young person online. The charity is dedicated to providing young people with the knowledge and information to be safe online and to lobbying government to act in the interests of the safety of young people. Lacheur said the AFA Foundation ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... uncertainty (in Hong Kong, in Italy, in Russia and in Argentina). These mounting uncertainties have pushed investors into safe haven assets such as longer-term bonds and currencies like the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen. Ahh yes, the Japanese yen ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Short-seller Blue Orca is targeting an importer of infant formula from Australia for falsely claiming its products are safe for lactose intolerant babies. Ausnutria, a company that imports infant milk formula from Australia, New Zealand and Europe for ...