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China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... house price stats show that the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) efforts to slow property lending through higher interest rates and subsequent restrictions by local authorities - raising the down payment requirement, limiting property purchases, setting ...

Media Super launches $30m revolving fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... pa over six years," Russell said. He said he expects to earn a higher return on the R&D finance facility, with interest rates set at good margins above the bank bill rate. The fund is targeting companies with a turnover of less than $20 million per annum ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... required a reduction in the target range for the federal funds rate." Yes, there's no stopping the Fed from cutting interest rates again or reinvesting again should the economy encounter "significant adverse shocks". Recent economic data and surveys ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... addressing the issue, even though we saw government debt as being way too high, which would eventually result in lower interest rates. "Since then, interest has gradually built year-on-year. Fund flow keeps growing. And that's aided by the fact that ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the Australian central bank to announce no change in interest rates this month. Yes, there's nothing remotely interesting in that. What's interesting is that while consensus expectations tilt ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... available within its mandate." Financial markets took this as guidance that the ECB would not only taper but also raise interest rates as soon as the first quarter of 2018. The euro jumped from US$1.0541 on 8 March to US$1.0577 on ECB meeting day and ...

Kristin's correct call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... economic data continue to vindicate MPC-member Kristin Forbes' dissent - she considered it appropriate to raise interest rates by 25 basis at the March meeting. Following earlier reports of stronger than expected inflation - headline CPI inflation up ...

Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... housing prices are crazy as a result," Campbell said. "Australia will have a big price to pay, not if, but when interest rates go up. When mortgage rates go up - and they will because they are artificially low, this country is going to really struggle ...

Price-pressured

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... January 2017 - the continued upswing in consumer price inflation do, indeed, argue for at least a small increase in interest rates. UK CPI inflation quickened to 2.3% in the year to February, from 1.8% in the previous month. This is higher than market ...

US corporate debt mandate signed to Aussie manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... borrowing long and lending short. "People are locking in fixed rates for a long time because they see some increased interest rates coming," Carden said. The fund's view is "normalisation" will increase existing floating rate cashflow and will not change ...

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Blackwattle takes over Quest Asset Partners

KARREN VERGARA
Blackwattle Investment Partners has swallowed up Australian equities manager Quest Asset Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Funds SA poaches Vision Super risk specialist

MATTHEW WAI
Funds SA will welcome a Vision Super executive to replace executive director, governance and strategy Tony Burrill, as he prepares for retirement following a seven-year tenure at the company.

Regal flags muted second-half performance fees

VINNY VUCAGO
Regal Partners expects to recognise at least $122.7 million in fund performance fee revenue for calendar 2026, with market volatility and weaker investment performance limiting the prospect of further material fees in the second half.

Insignia chief draws 'hard line' on NCAs giving retirement advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said he draws a hard line when it come to the new class of advisers (NCAs) giving retirement advice.

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