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Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Italy, it seems, is getting everything that it wished for courtesy of one microscopic organism. Long before the COVID-19 epidemic spread, the Italian government implemented new rules and regulations in an attempt to reduce over tourism including; prohibiting ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Global markets, already feeling the burn from the spreading COVID-19 virus, have tumbled further, after Saudi Arabia sparked an oil price war which saw oil futures plunge more than 30%. Nearly $140 billion was wiped from the S&P/ASX 200 yesterday, as ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
US stocks are not expensive, despite their stretched valuations. In fact, it's all just a matter of "gravity" or the historically low interest rate environment, according to Magellan's Hamish Douglass. Speaking to a near-full crowd at the firm's ...

Industry fund winds up infrastructure option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... the fund notified members its income plus option would close on February 5. This was as a result of the ongoing low bond yield market environment impacting the distributable income, with Media Super anticipating the option's scale benefits to reduce. ...

Aussie investment gurus delve into alternatives

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
Australia's investment elite are backing alternatives over the coming year and a half, with an eye towards mitigating market volatility and generating solid returns. Real assets such as infrastructure and real estate continue to be the Australian investor's ...

Where to invest when a GFC looms

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
More than half of the world's biggest money managers think another GFC will strike soon yet they don't plan to fiddle much with their asset allocations in 2020, according to a new survey of 500 institutional investors. Natixis Investment Managers surveyed ...

Media Super winds up income investment option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... notifying them that its Income Plus investment option will close effective 5 February 2019. The fund said the ongoing low bond yield environment has put performance of its income option at risk - enough so that Media Super has elected to wind it up. ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
The current climate is pushing the importance of asset allocation to the forefront of building robust portfolios, prompting investment experts to think outside the box of traditional assets. Karren Vergara writes. The importance of making the right ...

Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... Fed's (2.0%) even if they're expected to fall by another 25 bps to 1.75% at the end of this month. The US-Australia bond yield differential also favours America - 1.8% (for the US) versus 1.1%. Like the Japanese yen, is the Australian dollar ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
An RBA rate cut won't happen on Melbourne Cup Day, 5 November. But it will happen - perhaps down to negative and up to the point where the Australian central bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest ...