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Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... Defensive asset classes such as fixed interest added little to portfolio returns due to increases in long term interest rates." "Consequently we have added alternative investment strategies to our defensive asset allocation with the aim of reducing the ...

First XTB 'Floater' model portfolio launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... investment. XTB co-founder and chief executive Richard Murphy said he is delighted Quantifeed has the model portfolio. "Interest rates in Australia are currently higher than some other markets in the region. Institutional investors have been able to ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... it still has scope to lower borrowing costs (if necessary), the RBA's problem is it cannot even promise to lower interest rates to bring down the Australian dollar without re-energising the property market and lifting Australian household's ballooning ...

RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates by 25 basis points - repo rate to 6% (the first reduction in 10 months and the lowest rate since October 2010) and the reverse repo rate to 5.75% (reversing the 25 bps hike announced only four months ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... negative consequences for the domestic economic growth and inflation. This, in no way, would prod the RBA to raise interest rates anytime soon. More so, because the current low-flation environment would likely be transmitted into lower pay rises. Wages ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... had been over the target since April. This justifies expectations that the UK central bank should start raising interest rates now and quick to alleviate downward pressure on the pound and upward pressure on prices. But this is easier said than done. ...

An institutional approach to retirement advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... institutions have projected liabilities and understand key liability sensitivities such as inflation, longevity, interest rates and other economic drivers. Individual investors, meanwhile, are typically focus on outperforming benchmarks with "no linkage ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... of Bank of Canada (BOC) governor Stephen Poloz that helped justify the Canadian central bank's decision to lift interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.75% on 12 July - making it the first developed country central bank to follow the Fed into policy normalisation. ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... future deviations from target." Fair enough. Hopefully the BOC doesn't repeat the events of 2010 when it raised interest rates when it raised interest rates by 25 bps each in June, July and September of that year from 0.25% to 1%. After a lag, headline ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... while its wealth management products deliver good outcomes to customers, the ongoing challenge of long-term low interest rates has made it difficult to deliver value for MetLife since launching in 2007. "After thorough analysis, we have decided to focus ...