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Charter Hall launches new office fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... Charter Hall head of direct property Steven Bennett said PFA's projected yield compares very favourably to current interest rates, where two-year term deposits are averaging around 2.3% and ASX-listed stocks yield an average 4%. "The launch of PFA provides ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... reflect a mix of weak growth in wages; increases in key costs such as electricity and emerging concerns about rising interest rates." But while we consumers, consensus and Bill appear to be getting it, it's also getting the RBA further away towards achieving ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... meetings in August, and that is... they all want a lower exchange rate (please sir). Both the RBA and the RBNZ kept interest rates unchanged (at 1.5% and 1.75%, respectively). Apart from the usual optimism on the economic outlook and hope that (eventually) ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... nutshell, Evans explained that "the survey detail suggests increased pressures on family finances; concerns around interest rates; and housing affordability in NSW and Victoria are more than outweighing increased confidence around jobs." "Much of the ...

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. ...