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MLC, ANU boost alternatives strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... many are turning to alternatives such as infrastructure (55%) and private debt (47%) to replace fixed income as interest rates rise and the 30-year bond bull market comes to a close. While alternative investments can present a range of portfolio risks ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... year to January from 2.5% in the previous month and below the 4% target - offers the Bank of Russia scope to cut interest rates further from the current 7.5% to boost economic growth some more. There's no doubt Putin's high approval rating (80%) will ...

Insto mandate seeds Aviva fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... bond markets. And Munro believes there is a lot more to play out in bonds. He sees no immediate end to movement in interest rates and if they continue to increase, and selected equity markets and emerging market debt continues to deliver, "then I'm pretty ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... that the Fed would go four times instead of three is the least markets should worry about - the Fed could raise interest rates by more as higher tariffs are passed onto the domestic economy. Retaliation from other countries would prompt Trump to counter ...

Chief economist update: Australia low on credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... change sometime down the road but given the current slowing trend in private sector credit (in spite of record low interest rates) the Australian central bank won't be in a hurry. Total private sector credit growth barely moved, increasing to 4.89% in ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... chair, the economy continued to strengthen and Federal Reserve policymakers began to normalise both the level of interest rates and the size of the balance sheet. Together, chair Yellen and I have worked to ensure a smooth leadership transition and provide ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... purchases, the sizeable stock of acquired assets and the forthcoming reinvestments, and our forward guidance on policy interest rates." Draghi cannot get any clearer. Inflation needs "ample" monetary stimulus to get to 2%. Not only this, the net asset ...

Don't time equity returns with interest rates: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
New research dispelling the positive correlation between interest rates and equity returns warns investors not to base investment strategies on this myth. The research analysed the relationship between the official cash rate, government bond yields ...

Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... forward guidance is similar - that strengthening activity would lift inflation and eventually pave the way for higher interest rates (i.e., policy normalisation) but... this all depends on upcoming data. The minutes of the RBA meeting reveal that our ...

Chief economist update: The real growth in wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... growth in wages will keep inflation low, providing the Reserve Bank of Australia neither rhyme nor reason to raise interest rates anytime soon. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager ...