by Cameron Rae | 5 Jun, 2017 | Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
Laminar Capital’s Senior Economist Stephen Roberts give his insights into the capital markets for this week. Click to listen to our economic update.
by Cameron Rae | 18 Apr, 2017 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Capital, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
One key feature of Australia’s economic performance through much of 2016 and early 2017 was that conditions in the labour market remained soft to the point of causing the national unemployment rate to stay sticky above 5.5% of the labour force and wages growth to...
by Cameron Rae | 10 Apr, 2017 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Capital, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Australia’s economic growth prospects seem increasingly uncertain as we progress through the early months of 2017. It is still possible to mount an argument that Australia’s economic growth cup is more than half full based on strong housing activity, patchy strength...
by Cameron Rae | 17 Mar, 2017 | Bonds, Laminar Capital
Laminar Capital, acting as sole lead manager on behalf of Auswide Bank Limited, has priced a $25,000,000 $AUD Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Note. The 364 days repo-eligible FRN was priced at an issue margin of 88 basis points above the 90-days BBSW. We thank our...
by Cameron Rae | 6 Mar, 2017 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Capital, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Risk assets were stronger in February despite the occasional soft patch driven mostly by periodic uncertainty about President Trump’s policy program. More signs of stronger economic growth, especially in the United States, kept the reflation trade alive. Also,...