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Chief economist joins Sunsuper

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... held positions at MLC Investment Management, Citigroup Asset Management, Rothschild Australia, JP Morgan, Legg Mason and the RBA. At Sunsuper, he will be responsible for providing economic insights and analysis to the investment team and act as Sunsuper's ...

Forget Australia, head stateside for property yield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... after for its income paying characteristics," the analysts said. With sector valuations high, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowering rates and the US QE program finished, investors might move away from Australian property and back into the American ...

RBA minutes lift stock market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... swung upwards soon after the release on the minutes of the Reserve Bank's May board meeting at 1130 AEST on Tuesday. "Those RBA minutes have struck a chord this morning and got us off the canvas," Mr Le Brun said. In the minutes of the May board meeting ...

ASIC and RBA issue property bubble warning

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Grag Medcraft says the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets look a lot like bubbles. "I am quite worried about the Sydney and Melbourne property markets. In housing, the long-term average ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... to revive business and consumer confidence and get Australian economic growth going. In turn, this reduces the need for the RBA to "adjust policy as needed". Double-up. And then there's the flipside to the A$/US$ exchange - yup, the dollar US. The US ...

FEATURE: Australia's other love affair

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... been widely discussed over the past few months, especially following strong statements from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) showing concern that the funds' ability to borrow to buy property could be behind ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... couldn't be the Australian dollar, it traded down to below US$0.79 compared with Friday's close of US$79.10 - a result of the RBA's afterthought of putting back its forward guidance to "adjust policy as needed". It couldn't be the Australian bond market ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... April from 0.2% in March - and average weekly hours worked was unchanged at 34.5 hours. Good news for us, Australians all. RBA Gov Glenn must thanking his mom that this month's Board meeting is followed by the publication of the quarterly Statement on ...

NAB appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... Henry has been on NAB's board since November 2011. Previously he was Secretary of the Commonwealth Treasury and sat on the RBA board. He has also held (or currently holds) positions at the Council of Financial Regulators, Trans-Tasman Banking Council ...

Falling cash rate puts gold in 'sweet spot'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... rates are below 2%, like they are today. "Sadly, the problems of lower growth and higher debts aren't resolved; otherwise the RBA wouldn't be cutting rates again." Eliseo noted: "The capital appreciation and the long run inflation protection make up ...