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Broker popularity on the rise: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... investors are increasingly looking to secure a better deal as 68% believe it is unfair that they have to pay higher interest rates than owner occupiers. PIPA chair Ben Kingsley said this shows sophisticated investors are prepared to use professionals ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... sufficient buffer to service their hefty mortgages especially if the stronger labour market prompts the RBA to increase interest rates next year.

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... direction of the share market; and alternative yield sources such as senior bank loans, that reduce exposure to rising interest rates. Chief investment strategist Erik Ristuben said investors today are in the 'euphoria stage' of the current cycle, moving ...

Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... seen some evidence of building domestic pressures, the judgment of the majority of the committee is some raise in interest rates over the coming months may be appropriate." That "coming months" could turn out to be coming "month". That's on 2 November ...

CommInsure adds new annuity strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... the University of Pennsylvania, the new strategy also seeks to address how to best manage inflation and changing interest rates while maintaining enough liquidity to deal with the unexpected life events. "Trying to estimate how long your retirement income ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... higher next year and to reach 2% by 2019." Yet, the CME FedWatch Tool showed the probability of the Fed raising interest rates this coming December slipping to 81.7% from 82.7% before the CPI report's release and 87.8% a week prior. The less than 100% ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Bank of India was just following its former colonial master. For similar to the Bank of England (BOE) - it cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.25% in August 2016 to head off the potential negative fall-out from Brexit win of June of the same year ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... report reveals. This raises doubts over the RBA's optimistic outlook and its statement that, "The low level of interest rates is continuing to support the Australian economy". The latest retail trade data (and its trend decline) suggest that household ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... event, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 3 October board meeting, that is. The Australian central bank kept interest rates unchanged as widely expected. This takes to 14 the number of months the RBA has kept the official interest rate unchanged since ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... inflation reaching a five-month high." However, output prices only increased marginally, indicating "QQE with negative interest rates" remain the order of the day for the BOJ. Growth's also indicated for the UK manufacturing despite the PMI index slipping ...