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No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... year have also been accompanied by an increase in global supply from lower-cost mines." Check. "Conditions in financial markets have continued to be characterised by very low volatility... most sovereign bond yields have moved in a narrow range and German ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... the country's GDP has slowed from the mid to high digits of 2010 to only 1.9% in the first quarter of 2014. Financial markets expect GDP to shrink in the second quarter. Slowing growth could have been counteracted by the Central Bank do Brasil (CBB) ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Labour Market Dynamics" is the conference's theme this year. The captains of our money and the masters of our financial markets sang with one voice -- belabouring the slack, the underutilisation of their respective labour markets. There is nothing wrong ...

Movers and shakers

... super fund (SMSF) administrator markets. Clisby's title is head of wholesale markets. He has over 25 years of financial markets experience having worked in senior roles with Westpac, Tower Trust, Asgard and Green Light Super Services. Skaffold chief ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... weeks ago investors were crying crisis, creating concerns of capitulation and eventually, a major correction in financial markets. But look now... the Dow's closed back above 17K last night and the S&P 500's closed at a new record high of 1992.37 points ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... "humanitarian" trucks toing and froing through the Ukrainian border and the number of missiles fired from and into Gaza, financial markets are back into watching the economic backdrop. And they like what they see. To be sure, Putin might be taking advantage ...

Skaffold appointment signals assault on SMSF market

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... super fund (SMSF) administrator markets. Clisby's title is head of wholesale markets. He has over 25 years of financial markets experience having worked in senior roles with Westpac, Tower Trust, Asgard and Green Light Super Services. Skaffold chief ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... ease, geopolitical tensions boil, geo-political tensions ease, geo-political tensions boil, geo-political... Financial markets continue to seesaw on this, just like they did with QE (I, II and III) on/QE (I, II and III) off and taper on/taper off and... ...

Skaffold targets SMSF with latest hire

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... His appointment coincides with the launch of the company's new mobile application. He brings over 25 years of financial markets experience to Skaffold, having worked in senior roles with Westpac, Tower Trust and Asgard. Skaffold chief executive Peter ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... US/EU lets Putin have it - Ukraine, that is, like they did Crimea and Georgia before it - or let Putin have it. Financial markets will continue to be on the defensive around until the big boys kiss and make up with finality. This is because the uncertainty ...