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Industry fund operations chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... business development and advisory. The super fund merged with Concept One in 2017. First State Super and VicSuper merged in July of the same year and rebranded to Aware Super. Late last year, WA Super finalised its merger with Aware Super, creating a ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... report. In its October 2018 report, the IMF predicted "World Output" to grow by 3.7% in 2019 itself slashed from 3.9% in July of the same year; 2019 growth was lowered again in January of this year to 3.5%; in April to 3.3%; in July to 3.2%; and now ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... recession. The yield curve again inverted in starting in January 2006, the Fed did not stop raising interest rates until July of the same year that again proved too late to staunch the great recession of 2008. The year before, then Fed Chairman Alan ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... and inflation heading close to traget). The ECB lifted its target rate from 1% in March 2011 to 1.25% in May and 1.5% in July of the same year. It's now lower - 0% - and that's with a lot of asset purchases to boot. "Beware lest you lose the ...

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... rate hikes it did in quick succession back in early 2004, lifting the official cash rate from 2.5% in February to 3.5% by July of that year. As the chart below shows, that wasn't the only instance... the RBNZ did the same in mid-2010. According to RBNZ ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... European Central Bank (ECB) tried this before - it raised the repo rate from 1.0% to 1.25% in April 2011 and then to 1.5% by July of the same year. Instead of shoring up confidence in the Eurozone economy, it sent the economy back into recession (6 quarters ...

All right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
If you think that the latest US non-farm payrolls report is good enough for the Fed to proceed with a September lift-off, you are correct. You are not wrong too if you think it's not strong enough for the Fed to pull the trigger in September. There's ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... final eurozone PMI came in even weaker than the earlier flash estimate, signalling the weakest pace of expansion since July of last year. The survey data suggest the region is on course to see a mere 0.1% GDP growth in the final quarter of the year ...

Contango set to launch small cap LIC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... portfolio can also hold up to 50% in cash. The company will aim to pay a yield of at least 7% pa of the portfolio NTA as at 1 July of each financial year and will target a high franking component. Applications for the initial public offering close on ...

Govt seeks discretion to freeze super guarantee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... changes would mean the minister would have the power to freeze the SG for up to four years at a time, starting from 1 July of any given year. It also gives the minister discretion to raise it to as much as 12%. However, it does not allow the minister ...
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