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Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
"The nation needs annual growth of at least 6.53 per cent in the next five years to meet the government's goal of establishing a "moderately prosperous society".

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
For those of us watching the data, the data says no to December... unless things dramatically turn around, that is.

Future Fund's morphing objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Ambiguity around the Future Fund and whether it's a fund for public servants' super or a genuine Australian sovereign wealth fund continues to challenge the fund's leadership.

Administrator buys Asia-Pacific hedge fund business

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
The fund branch of an Australian boutique administrator has acquired the Asia-Pacific hedge fund administration business of Alter Domus.

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
While financial markets have stabilised, last week's policy surprise announcements from the ECB and the PBOC - a potential BOJ surprise this coming Friday would no longer be surprise - provide a just-in-time reminder that all's not well in the world ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
A dovish statement from the Fed could weaken the US dollar - i.e. strengthen the euro and the yen and other currencies - necessitating even more stimulus from other central banks and then we go round and round "like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
"The degree of monetary-policy accommodation will need to be reviewed at our December meeting when new macroeconomic projections will be available. We want to be vigilant, as people used to say in the old times."

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Economic activity had been deteriorating - increasing the risk of another recession -- that it has raised expectations that the BOJ provide more accommodation, perhaps, as soon as its next Board meeting on 30 October.

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
The ECB Bank Lending Survey that showed lending conditions continued to ease in the third quarter.

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
If you don't believe the numbers, just change the metric.