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Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... follow its bigger overseas peers into a more hawkish leaning. Everybody got it right on the first - the RBA kept interest rates on hold - but missed on the second as it maintained a neutral stance. And for good reasons. It remains optimistic over the ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... of decline. Despite APRA's tighter rules on property lending and banks and lending agencies' implementing higher interest rates (irrespective of the RBA's "no change decisions" since November and December last year), the love affair with property continues. ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... valuations based on traditional metrics like P/E ratios but qualified that: "those ratios ought to depend on long-term interest rates." Perhaps, but while the yield on US 10-year bonds have risen to 2.27% overnight, they're still lower than the 2.44% ...

Zagga pitches alternative asset class

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... the opportunity to make a fractional or fully funded loan. The borrower's credit score will also determine the interest rates for each loan. Backed by an Australian Financial Services Licence and an Australian Credit Licence, Zagga hopes to differentiate ...

Reflation narrative lacks substance: MFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
The growing consensus that the global economy is tilting back towards higher interest rates ignores persistent macroeconomic headwinds, according to MFS Investment Management chief investment officer, global fixed income Bill Adams. Speaking to Financial ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... ratios, but I wouldn't try to comment on appropriate valuations, and those ratios ought to depend on long-term interest rates." Factset data shows that the S&P 500 is currently trading at a forward P/E of 17.7 times earnings - above its five-year (13.7x) ...

VanEck launches floating rate ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... who wish to preserve their capital but diversify out of very low yielding term deposits. "Concerns about rising interest rates have prompted many investors to consider moving out of longer-term bonds where duration risk, or the risk that bond prices ...

Daintree launches fixed income trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... to quickly gain access to their funds should personal circumstances change," director and portfolio manager of interest rates and currency Justin Tyler added. Sydney-based fixed income specialist Daintree Capital launched in March, using Perennial Investment ...

BetaShares launches defensive ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... works as a substitute to fixed rate bond investments for investors concerned about the impact on capital values if interest rates rise, it said. BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said investing in floating rate bonds which offer defensive investment ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... quarter - it detracted 0.3 percentage points from growth during the period - should give it wiggle room to lower interest rates if necessary.