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Chief economist update: Getting better, but not better enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... longer-term bond yields increase considerably over the past month. This increase partly reflects a lift in expected inflation over the medium term to rates that are closer to central banks' targets," the bank said. "Reflecting these global developments ...

Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... Fed and other central banks' have made it clear that it will take some time before there is any movement towards inflation targets? Yes Virginia, it's the rise and rise in US bond yields spooked by rising inflation expectations that, in turn ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... Biden's US$1.2 trillion fiscal stimulus package passes and that the Fed continue to maintain loose monetary policy... sans inflation. But to quote the title of the 2003 American romantic comedy film, "something's gotta give"... and that, Virginia ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The US economy is not out of the woods yet and therefore, worrywarts need not be concerned over rising inflation - that would prompt the Fed taper policy accommodation. "Participants observed that the economy was far from achieving the committee's ...

Hostplus enhances ESG option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... equities, and unlisted assets such as property, bonds, cash, and private equity. It targets a return of 3.5% per annum above inflation. The $55 billion super fund announced it was actively considering a net-zero emissions target as part of reviewing ...

Two ASI executives out the door

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... last year. The strategies on the way out include Aberdeen Standard Diversified Fixed Income Fund; Aberdeen Standard Inflation Linked Bond Fund and Aberdeen Standard Australian Fixed Income Fund. As previously reported, the fixed income team lost its ...

Chief economist update: Nikkei not so fine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... previous month - the ninth straight month of decline. Just think about its negative implications for consumer spending and inflation. Not surprisingly, the au Jibun Bank Japan PMI indices - manufacturing, services and composite - have all weakened in ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... President Biden's ginormous US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package against Summers' concern over the risk of an inflation outbreak. He says: Summer's admit that the economy still needs support but that Biden's proposal is excessive. "There is a chance ...

Kapstream wins JANA allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... class-leading managers." The trust invests in short maturity global and Australian debt securities like nominal bonds, local inflation-linked bonds and extended credit. Other managers in the trust include Antares Capital Partners, BNP Paribas Asset Management ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... repeat of the taper tantrum that sent bond yields up and equity markets down in 2013. Powell intimated his thoughts on inflation: "We're going to be patient. Expect us to wait and see and not react if we see small, and what we would view as very ...