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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.

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... economy and commodity prices and, if I may add... the property market shackles that prevent the RBA from cutting interest rates. Yes, only yesterday we got a pleasant surprise from the ABS report that showed retail sales surged by 1.0% in the month of ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets again Tuesday next week and no one expects it to raise or lower interest rates after the 6 June soiree. The Australian central bank is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. It's caught between ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... is warranted because economic conditions are evolving in line with the FOMC's expectations. Historically, rising interest rates are a negative for the equity market - perhaps, the rationale behind the old adage "three hikes and stumble" on Wall Street ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... on the Chinese yuan that, in turn, would reduce the country's foreign exchange reserves; then there's the higher interest rates on foreign borrowing due to the lowered credit rating that would flow onto more expensive funding to Chinese corporates, shrink ...

"Shunned" investment strategy generating massive returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... a zero risk premium, but when the GFC hit, the capital was ravaged by 50%. But in the last 12 months or so when interest rates bottomed, these securities have generated a 40% for the investment manager. Dawson forecasts interest rates will increase significantly ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... policy settings anytime soon. Coure told his audience at a conference at the Paris School of Economics that, "When interest rates are negative some people complain, we think that it clearly contributed overall to the effectiveness of monetary policy... ...