Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1111 - 1120 of 3653 results for "interest rates"

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... "If you think about the economy with robust world growth and stock markets screaming higher, but yet we've had interest rates at depression era lows," he said. If interest rates pick up back to what Baur thinks is more normal, it's "going to cause some ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... category generally take interest rate risk (the risk that the capital value of the fund is affected by changes in interest rates). Fixed interest high yield is generally, but not always, invested in below investment grade debt. Benchmark indices are ...

Same old same old from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
While the Fed lifted interest rates at its final meet for 2017, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) followed the others - ECB, BOE, SNB - in keeping the status quo this side of the New Year. And like the rest of 'em, it's optimistic over the Japanese economy's ...

Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... inflation added credence to the European Central Bank's (ECB) most recent forward guidance indicating that euro area interest rates will remain on ice until at least the third quarter of next year. Headline inflation accelerated to 1.5% in the year to ...

Three is the magic number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... credibility shot if it didn't do what it said it would. Because of this, the Fed's 'hint' at where it's taking interest rates takes on a greater importance and it's going to be another three next year and three more in 2019. These are predicated on GDP ...

Good news or bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... giving the Chinese central bank breathing room in terms of monetary policy. Surely, the PBOC wouldn't want to raise interest rates simultaneous with the stricter financial regulations as it crackdowns on leverage and debt.

Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... expiration of the current funding through to 8 December. The immediate implication is that the Fed could raise interest rates more aggressively than expected. Recall that since Trump's victory, the Fed has treated Trump's promised reflationary policies ...

Global asset manager expands Australian offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... floating rate debt obligations. Pine Bridge said advantages for Australian investors include a hedge against rising interest rates, attractive yields in a low-return world and security against the issuers' assets. Speaking to Financial Standard, Grobler ...

The Fed's aware of building imbalances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... to GDP is unlikely to be sustainable-and has been made to appear more manageable due to today's historically low interest rates. Debt and equity securities trading volumes have markedly declined over the past several years. For example, NYSE equity trading ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... strong economic growth to nudge prices higher - demand-pull inflation - the Fed must thread carefull in calibratinyg interest rates particularly, with its favoured measure of inflation still below its 2% target. The PCE price index was at 1.6% in the ...

Editor's Choice

Blackwattle takes over Quest Asset Partners

KARREN VERGARA
Blackwattle Investment Partners has swallowed up Australian equities manager Quest Asset Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Funds SA poaches Vision Super risk specialist

MATTHEW WAI
Funds SA will welcome a Vision Super executive to replace executive director, governance and strategy Tony Burrill, as he prepares for retirement following a seven-year tenure at the company.

Regal flags muted second-half performance fees

VINNY VUCAGO
Regal Partners expects to recognise at least $122.7 million in fund performance fee revenue for calendar 2026, with market volatility and weaker investment performance limiting the prospect of further material fees in the second half.

Insignia chief draws 'hard line' on NCAs giving retirement advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said he draws a hard line when it come to the new class of advisers (NCAs) giving retirement advice.

Products

Financial Standard Guide To Series

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.
MORE INFO
Financial Standard Publisher's Forum

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.
MORE INFO
Financial Standard Product Showcases

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.
MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Featured Profile

MORE PROFILES
Fiona Macgregor

Fiona Macgregor

GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
TAL LIMITED
Fiona Macgregor has risen through the ranks at TAL, taking the top job in 2024, but her life was touched by the insurance sector long before her tenure with the life insurer began. Eliza Bavin writes.
READ MORE
The Financial Standard podcast
Tune in each week as we discuss the latest developments in Australia's wealth management industry.
Financial Standard podcast
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Amazon Music
YouTube
Follow Financial Standard on Facebook
Follow Financial Standard on Twitter
Follow Financial Standard on LinkedIn
Follow Financial Standard on Instagram
Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd - ABN 86 095 610 996
part of ISS - Institutional Shareholder Services, © Copyright 2026, All Rights Reserved
MarketSage  -  MarketPulse  -  MarketPro  -  Media