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

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019

As Glum (of Gulliver's Travels fame) puts it; "We're doomed, we'll never make it!" Speculation that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may have to take the official cash rate to zero or even negative and/or start printing Australian dollars ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019

An RBA rate cut won't happen on Melbourne Cup Day, 5 November. But it will happen - perhaps down to negative and up to the point where the Australian central bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest ...

Chief economist update: Negative bang for RBA, government's buck

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019

"Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act." - Howard Zinn Taken after the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) third interest rate reduction this year which brought the official cash rate ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019

Like the fable of the "boiling frog" - put a frog into boiling water, the frog will jump out, put it in cold/tepid water and bring the water slowly to a boil and it will be cooked to death - the Australian economy is slowly being boiled... to death. ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019

A recession is coming! Worries over a global recession are everywhere! Financial market investors are seeking safety - exiting equity markets and queuing to purchase longer-term bonds (despite their low, and in some, negative yields); the US dollar ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019

With a buoyant stock market, tax cuts, lower interest rates and a recovering housing market, one would think all Australians should have every reason to dance on the streets. Australians, all, should be dancing on the streets to Jimmy Cliff's classic ...

Hard times ahead for platforms

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019

... other earnings (like IFL's advice). With declining profits indicating platform divisions should trade on single digit PEs, overall valuation metrics carry downside risk in our view," UBS wrote. "These headwinds impact both AMP and IFL; however IFL's ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019

In any war, there's bound to be those that are caught in the crossfire and others treated as collateral damage. The global stock market rout that developed as a result of the renewed "little squabble" (as Trump recently put it) between the US and ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019

Green shoots are appearing in the Eurozone just in time for spring. Eurostat reports its preliminary estimates show the single-currency region's GDP increased by 0.4% in the March 2019 quarter - better than market expectations for a 0.3% gain - ...

Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019

Money talks, prayers walk. This appears to be the overriding theme in the upcoming May 13 mid-term elections in the Philippines where "foul-mouthed and murderous" president Rodrigo Duterte's preferred senatorial and congressional candidates lead ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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