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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... buy a major household item" both increased by 3.5% over the month of September - no doubt spurred by the lower interest rates (cash rate of 1.5% versus 2.0% last year) and employment prospects (unemployment rate at 5.7% versus 6.1% last year) with the ...

Keep super ship steady in rocky markets: CIO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... Super is a long-term investment so it will go through several economic cycles over the life of your investment. And interest rates will rise again, although the timing is uncertain. "Most importantly, investors need to remember to not act rashly. Changing ...

SMSF investors not all in property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... negative gearing concessions are the key attraction of real estate investment. Only 13% of investors saw record low interest rates as the key reason why property is the most attractive investment choice right now. Kingsley said the survey results confirm ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... boomers entering retirement are about to hit a perfect storm: longer lifespans, insufficient savings and record low interest rates. As recently published in Financial Standard, Wiseman said that rising life expectancies "might sound like an exciting ...

PIMCO hiring for 20 new roles in Asia expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... and alternatives. "We attribute this interest to a desire to avoid the financial repression of low to negative interest rates, earn sustainable income, and reduce volatility," Mogelof said. "The private wealth base continues to grow in Asia ex-Japan ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... current JGB purchases at ¥80 trillion annually). And then there's the BOJ's conflicting statements on negative interest rates. Governor Haruhiko Kuroda insists that there is still room for interest rates to go even more negative, the 'Wall Street Journal' ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... fifth straight month of unchanged monetary settings. The repo rate remained at 0% while the deposit and lending interest rates were unchanged at minus 0.4% and 0.25%, respectively. The central bank also maintained its asset purchases at €80 billion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... Malaysian exports dropped by 5.3% in the year to July while imports decreased by 4.8%. Bank Negara Malaysia kept interest rates unchanged at 3.0% following its 7 September meeting. The central bank cut interest rates by 25 bps in July this year.

ING DIRECT pays up for "no fees" super marketing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... be eligible for ING DIRECT's highest variable savings rate, including any bonus rates. This is not the case as interest rates for Living Super are set independently. In particular, ASIC was concerned that ING Bank promoted Living Super, between March ...

Negative rates can generate positive returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... possible to construct a multi-asset investment portfolio that delivers positive returns while navigating negative interest rates. PIMCO vice president and quantitative research analyst Laura Ryan showed that in some circumstances negative yields can ...