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DNR Capital adds two investment platforms

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... 10.48% per annum. "We have a high exposure to US-exposed companies, are underweight stocks benefiting from lower interest rates, are overexposed to companies that benefit from infrastructure stimulus, and remain invested in quality companies with pricing ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... outcomes, but to remain moderate. Some further pick-up in non-mining business investment is also expected." Low interest rates and the Australian dollar's depreciation since 2013 supports this outlook, although the RBA did mention that "an appreciating ...

Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... BondAdviser Geoff Malkin says. Analysis also suggests that Australia is in the final stages of the property cycle as interest rates are expected to hit their low over the next two years and cause downward pressure on assets. BondAdviser expects low-geared ...

L1 Capital fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... increased interest in the product from advisers. "Equities will likely experience more volatility, given rising US interest rates and the more dramatic policy changes from the Trump administration. Our clients are looking for a product that can generate ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... believes the world is in a synchronised upturn with reflation and profits returning, a surging confidence and rising interest rates, and the next bull market being in salary and wages. "That global upturn is spreading, we're seeing some great shoots ...

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... growth quickened from 5.4% in November to 5.6% last month - the fastest since August last year (when the RBA cut interest rates from 1.75% to 1.50%). Loans to businesses grew the fastest over the month of December (up 1.1% from 0.6%). Housing credit ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... happens. If it does happen, it won't happen tomorrow. "As we look around the world there are still historically low interest rates. Some important centres in the world are more or less in negative territory. We do think on balance it's still a low return ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... strong US dollar would help reduce pressure on inflation. But whether the market fears rising inflation or rising interest rates or both, this is not showing up in the fear index. The VIX index currently stands at around 10.58 - the lowest level since ...

Australia must curtail its debt binge in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... comments echo a recent Auscap report, which found that the conditions driving up real estate prices in Australia - low interest rates, high debt levels, low unemployment and strong economic growth - have led to "excesses in the system." Auscap said that ...

Economic headwinds lead Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... the world, does that mean it has also done so in Australia? If so the Reserve Bank therefore has no reason to cut interest rates. "If the US dollar continues to strengthen does that mean the Australian dollar will fall to levels that people were expecting ...