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Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... The Bank of Japan (BOJ) faces an uphill battle in its quest to normalise monetary policy if economic and financial market agents continue to "hear what they want to hear and see what they want to see." The yen rose to its highest level since November ...

SEC cracks down on fee transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... the proper functioning of capital markets." This includes clearing agencies, national securities exchanges, and transfer agents, focusing on certain aspects of their operations and compliance. Cybersecurity is also an area of interest, as programs initiated ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... but not a soul seems to be complaining. A move that's widely expected and pencilled in that economic and financial agents would throw a tantrum if the US central bank decides not to proceed... and as I ranted in yesterday's piece, even the likelihood ...

Australia lax in fighting financial crime

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... upon larger institutions with all its resources to help the smaller players such as money service bureaus and real estate agents susceptible to financial crime risks, Waldren said. "Now, that's a battle because some of those areas don't want that assistance ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... "the west", the Politburo's diktats must be followed...or heads will roll literally. The Politburo says jump and economic agents ask how high, ensuring that if managed properly, the answer would be, higher than Donald Trump's country.

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... the reverse of what the recent US dollar depreciation would do for the US. The slowdown would be compounded as economic agents adjust their consumption and investment plans to the bringing forward of interest rate hike expectations. Depending on the ...

Advice and real estate firms align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... Australia's fastest-growing real estate services businesses. After three years of working together, Announcer and McGrath Estate Agents formalised a strategic referral partnership to provide Announcer clients with greater advice around their property ...

Actor linked to Malaysian pension fund scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... extravagant web of lies and bogus transactions that were brought to light by the dedicated attorneys and law enforcement agents who continue to work on this matter. We simply will not allow the United States to be a place where corrupt individuals can ...

Advisers maintain trustworthy reputation: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... health sector with nurses (94%), doctors (89%) and pharmacists (84%) rounding up the top three professions. Real estate agents (7%), those working in advertising (5%) and car sales people (4%) were deemed to be the least trustworthy. Roy Morgan Research ...

ASIC boosts support for regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... their rules to accommodate the Taskforce, including non-financial businesses such as accountants, lawyers, real estate agents, and high value dealers. This could drive the number of regulated entities to 120,000 and without supporting technology, there's ...