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Assets mispriced by monetary policy: Nikko

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... appear to be priced for a lower-for-longer deflationary environment. Speaking at Nikko Asset Management's 2017 Market Outlook in Sydney, global head of multi-asset Al Clark argued markets are adjusted for deflation even as interest rates appear to have ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global and domestic economy. According to the RBA statement: "Conditions in the global economy have improved over ...

Half of Australian households will be retire ready

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... advice Linda Elkins said. "A little bit of planning could see them reach the comfortable level." For millennials, the outlook is far less rosy, who will have to save harder for retirement than other cohorts due to their longer life expectancies. Younger ...

Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... offer the greatest opportunities for Australian bond investors over the next few months, says BondAdviser. In its 2017 outlook, the fixed income research platform found the possibility of a steeper yield curve might make it challenging for Australian ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... Japan Earthquake and by the Kumamoto Earthquake." In its quarterly review, the BOJ upgraded its fiscal year 2017 growth outlook to 1.5% from an earlier forecast of 1.3%, mainly reflecting improvement in overseas economies and the yen's depreciation. ...

Global infrastructure goes for growth in 2017

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... growth. At a Bennelong media briefing yesterday, 4D Infrastructure's chief investment officer Sarah Shaw gave a positive outlook on the global macro economy, noting that every major economy from the US to Japan was coming out of a decade of sluggish ...

Five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... uncertainties in particular". NAB expects two more 25 basis point rate cuts this year due to muted inflation and subdued growth outlook for the economy.

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... global growth economy which is going to support those sorts of historic returns. We think there's a low investment growth outlook which is represented by 10-year bond yields and 30-year bond yields," Costello said. "There's been a bounce in equity markets ...

Perpetual multi-asset fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... with risk management. This year will likely once again be challenging, with ongoing uncertainty over the post-US election outlook and potentially rising bond yields," O'Dea said. He also believes investors looking to diversify their portfolios and mitigate ...

From strength to strength

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... not surprising given the strong US dollar. "Looking ahead, firms were generally optimistic towards the 12-month business outlook in January. Furthermore, the degree of positive sentiment was at its highest since March last year. Companies that forecast ...