Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Dr Christopher Kent opened the IFR Australia DCM Webcast with a keynote speech in which he outlined how an expansion of the traditional monetary policy toolbox has provided additional liquidity and massively boosted the RBA balance sheet. “In a world of unconventional policies, assessing the stance of monetary policy is not as straightforward as it once was,” he began. “It used to be that looking at the Board’s cash rate target

Dr Christopher Kent Reserve Bank of Australia Christopher is Assistant Governor (Financial Markets Division) at the Reserve Bank of Australia where he is responsible for the oversight of the Bank’s operations in the domestic and global financial markets, including the management of Australia’s foreign reserves. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Dickman Altius Asset Management Chris is senior portfolio manager for Altius Asset Management, wi