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Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... -- in particular the US - it does not take much of a stretch to presume that very soon the Bank of England's benchmark interest rate will go the way of the US and Japan. That is, the target rate will reach zero. Gilts too would fall to historical lows ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
The Future Fund is looking to build up its debt portfolio this year and beef up its alternatives portfolio with investments that have "niche" risk premia. David Neal, the Future Fund's chief investment officer, gave an insight on where they are likely ...

Solaris gets "highly recommended" rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Lonsec awarded Solaris Investment Management's Core Australian Equity fund a 'highly recommended' rating. In its report, Lonsec said the 'long only' Australian equity fund's key strength is the experience of its ex-Suncorp investment team experience ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... it's not surprising that infrastructure topped the list of preferred asset classes due to its similar features to fixed interest investments. "Infrastructure is often viewed by super funds, sometimes mistakenly, as a very safe and risk free investment ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... sparks optimism in US equities. Last night's decision by the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee to leave interest rates unchanged at virtually zero was a no-brainer. How can it do otherwise when the deepening financial and economic situation ...

FIIG hires associate director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... 20 years experience in fixed income trading and funds management, including as senior portfolio manager, credit fixed interest & currency with AMP Group and is a former chairman of the AFMA's Debt Capital Markets Committee. Over the past six months ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... its first monetary policy meeting of 2009. Chances are whatever today's ABS numbers look like, it will decide to cut interest rates just a little bit more. Agreed, even the most optimistic December quarter inflation forecast remains above its 2 - 3 per ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... this time given that they have already pushed fed funds target rate to a record low range of 0 to 0.25 per cent. Real interest rates (nominal interest rate less inflation rate) can be negative but certainly not nominal rates. It would make a mockery ...

Free cash flow wins mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... Yield Fund. And according to McKinnon, there are several more mandates in the pipeline for 2009. "There's a high level of interest in our strategy," he said. "We signed the agreement [to distribute Epoch's product] back in December 2007. Since then there's ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... economy from overheating. It got what it wished for. How many times had the Peoples Central Bank of China (PBOC) raised interest rates in the past to try and slow its economy? It raised its benchmark lending rate from 5.31 per cent in 2004 to 7.47 per ...