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Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
It's the first Tuesday of November - the time when the "Melbourne Cup" runs and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets only a few hours apart. All bets are on! There are so many odds on the various horses running in the Cup but there's only ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
When the Bank of England's (BOE) Monetary Policy Council (MPC) unanimously voted to raise the Bank Rate by 25 bps to 0.75% on the 2nd of August, BOE governor Mark Carney was quoted as saying, "The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you ...

One-stop complaints shop opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... financial complaints to court." "This new one-stop shop represents a new era for financial dispute resolution, delivering free, fast and binding services for all financial complaints, whether they be related to banks, credit providers, insurance companies ...

ANZ wealth flows decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... recognised as refunds to customers and related remediation costs. Chief executive Shayne Elliot said ANZ has taken action to "fast-track fundamental changes" as a result of the Royal Commission. External legal costs relating to the Royal Commission mounted ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
Uh-oh! Borrowing a quote from Robert Burns: "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." It appears to be heading that way looking at the third quarter economic scorecard in the Eurozone. Advance estimates show that the single currency region's ...

RBA calls for more innovation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... central bank would like to see in payments next. In February, RBA launched New Payments Platform (NPP) which let consumers make fast payments 24x7, all year round. This was made possible by the central bank's new service called the Fast Settlement ...

Asset management business models need a rethink: panel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... said. Phil Goffin, global chief technology officer and head of blockchain at FNZ said change in the industry never moves as fast as individuals want, but it still happens. His point is that asset managers can't sit on their hands. Recently, Goffin's ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... of credits for individuals and superannuation funds, and that it amounts to a tax on the savings of retirees." With 2019 fast approaching the firm told investors Argo would potentially harbour concerns about outcomes from the Royal Commission, as well ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
When the going gets tough, China's authorities get going. Fresh data that showed the Chinese economy slowed to 6.5% in the year to the September quarter shouldn't have generated big concerns - despite headlines that it is the slowest growth ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... threatening to undo the "good" for the economy that his administration had been doing, "because the Fed is raising rates too fast, and it's too independent". Trump will surely throw another tantrum when he reads the minutes of the FOMC's 25-26 ...