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Chief economist update: BOK holds as infections ease

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... continue to conduct monetary policy so as to ensure that the recovery of economic growth is sustained and consumer price inflation can be stabilized at the target level over a medium-term horizon, while paying attention to financial stability." "In view ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... the need to drawdown on the Future Fund because governments can borrow so cheaply, for pretty much less than cost of inflation," Coates said. AMP Capital head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver says the recent stimulus measures will ...

Multi-asset results mixed in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... with a sectorial skew to cyclical value which has been further punished during the drop," Morningstar said. "MLC WS Inflation Plus - Conservative and MLC WS Inflation Plus - Moderate maintained less aggressive equity positions at 13% and 24% respectively." ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... 25-years-old and will continue until the age of 65. The member starts at a salary of $45,000 a year, with 1% p.a. wage inflation and is paid contributions at current SG level of 9.5%. Their superannuation fund returns 5% before fees. The member would ...

Why banks are lifting TD rates

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... RateCity.com.au found that just 2% of term deposit rates on its database offer interest returns that are equal to, or above inflation (1.8%). The highest rate was for a five-year term deposit from Judo Bank, it said, with an interest rate of 2.15% p.a. ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... anything we have seen in markets before. "The crash in 1987 was because the bubble popped. The markets were so high, inflation was rising; it wasn't sustainable," Teh said. "The GFC is slightly more similar to what we are seeing with COVID-19, because ...

Early release to bite retirement hard

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... years old and will continue until the age of 65. The member starts at a salary of $45,000 a year, with 1% p.a. wage inflation and is paid contributions at current SG level of 9.5%. Their superannuation fund returns 5% before fees. The member would end ...

Why Vanguard won't do gold ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... those that are diversified, liquid, can be offered at a low cost and is able to generate a real return (return over inflation) over time." He said Vanguard also thinks about how products could be used by investors, and only launches funds that it knows ...

MLC changes super fees, adds menu

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... will also offer a new core investment list on its Series 2 Wrap. This menu will have MLC's Horizon, Index Plus and Inflation Plus portfolios. It will charge administration fee of $260 per annum. In January last year, MLC lowered administration fees ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... decades; we're going to have to be very vigilant that things can change." So, what could go wrong? Douglass pointed to inflation shock; if inflation lifted above the US' 2% target, as a major risk. He argued inflation shock could lead to a domino ...