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Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... registered a revised investment mandate for the Future Fund, better reflecting global investment market conditions and outlook. The Future Fund currently requires a real return of CPI +4.5%. As at January 2017, the Future Fund had returned 7.7% per annum ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
An emerging markets specialist says Latin America is offering substantial investment opportunities following Donald Trump's softening trade policy and strong business outlooks across the region. SURA Asset Management regional head of equities Felipe ...

No 'Plan B' for Brexit "twist and turns"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... May called for general elections to be held on the 8th of June this year - the BOE remains optimistic over the growth outlook. The British central bank even upgraded its GDP growth outlook to 1.7% (from 1.6% predicted in February) next year and to 1.8% ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... in Japanese equities is, perhaps, explained by the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) growing optimism over the country's economic outlook. In its 'Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on April 26 and 27, 2017', released on the 10th of May, the BOJ ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... released over the past 24 hours provide further credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) optimism over the economic outlook and at the same time afford federal treasurer ScoMo the right to give Moody's recent warning the one finger salute. Moody's ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... one thing, I won't be surprised about is if Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison provides a more optimistic assessment and outlook for the domestic economy. Not only would a lift in Australia's growth outlook look good for his Budget - the budget deficit ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... the cheap Australian dollar, should continue to underpin export growth. This is in line with the IMF's World Economic Outlook report update last month which stated that, "With buoyant financial markets and a long-awaited cyclical recovery in manufacturing ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... strengthen somewhat further, and inflation will stabilise around 2% over the medium term. Near-term risks to the economic outlook appear roughly balanced," she said. Fair enough. The Fed's optimistic and at the same time prudent in its forecasts. Not ...

Advice practices need succession plan: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Financial advice practices remain bullish on business outlook but few hold any long-term strategic plans to capitalise on expected industry growth. A report published by knowITdigital and Business Health shows one-third of advice practices have a long-term ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... asset purchases at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion -- at the conclusion of its 26-27 April meeting. In the accompanying "Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices" report, the BOJ had become more confident with regards to growth. It now sees the economy ...