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ASIC and Singapore regulator sign co-op agreement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
ASIC and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed a co-operative agreement to facilitate regulatory harmony between the two countries. The new Innovation Functions Co-operation Agreement is designed to give fintech companies in Australia ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... the Australian labour market and the absence of a big surprise - up or down - provides no immediate implication for RBA monetary policy adjustment. US CPI inflation Headline consumer prices increased by 0.2% in May, slowing from April's 0.4% monthly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
US Fed monetary policy decision No one expected the Fed to alter monetary settings this month - and they didn't - primarily due to the disappointing May employment report released in early June - and it was, "Information received since the Federal Open ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... leverage which will come back to hit the US economy, forcing the Fed to reverse course. If it maintains or magnifies monetary forbearance, savings rates have actually risen in countries with zero interest rates, meaning that growth takes a hit. Harder ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... Korea's central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a new record low of 1.25% following its 9 June monetary policy meeting because, "...exports have continued their trend of decline and the improvements in domestic demand activities ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
RBA holds The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy settings steady at its 7 June Board meeting, announcing no change in the official cash rate which the central bank cut to a record low 1.75% at its 3 May meeting. "Taking account ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... expectations for a 110K pick up - has just removed the one leg that's keeping the Fed's efforts up towards normalising monetary policy. The other leg - inflation - remains wobbly. Having said that, Federal Treasurer Scott Morisson correctly points out ...

Investors face 'radical uncertainty': PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... not take "excessive comfort" in such a baseline. The report cautioned that there is also a legitimate possibility that monetary policy exhaustion and an overhang of debt will pose material threats to global recovery and financial stability. It argues ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... spending - which, in turn, accounts for over 60% of GDP - the latest figures provide no immediate implication for RBA monetary policy. More so, given that the year-on-year rate of growth in retail turnover remained at 3.6% in April, unchanged from March. ...

ASIC to run rule over mortgage commissions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Mortgage brokers are next in line to have their commissions and non-monetary incentives scrutinised by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). According to reports, the regulator will over the next fortnight ask the big four banks ...