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Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... steps to bolster economic growth". And this from Bloomberg news, "Speculation that China's central bank will reduce interest rates or reserve-requirement ratios has increased before data this week that will likely show slowing exports and decelerating ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... reportedly "told a group on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meeting in Peru" that the Fed will raise interest rates this year. But (of course there's a but, it's Fedspeak), this is an "expectation not a commitment". "Both the timing ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... out of emerging markets is borne of this as the strengthening US dollar and/or due to the prospect of US higher interest rates killed off once profitable carry trades. The sharp falls in commodity prices is borne of this. The US dollar is inversely correlated ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... from a reading of 1.2 in August). Yes Virginia, bad news is again good news. No one now expects the Fed to raise interest rates when they meet this month, perhaps even December... perhaps not until 2017. Last 21 August, I asked on this space, "Should ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... Yellen has heard us," Madam Lagarde also told the journal, referring of course to the Fed's indecision decision on interest rates after its 16-17 September meeting. Perhaps not Ms. Lagarde, for Madam Janet clarified a week later that, "Most FOMC participants ...

PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... higher premiums, due in part to regulatory-influenced supply, and tend to have a low or negative correlation with interest rates. If rates should rise, capital securities are likely to perform better than other parts of the fixed-income markets."

CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... reasonably low rates for longer than market participants thought at the beginning of 2015. Leech said the normalising of interest rates by the US Federal Reserve will proceed but it is going to be a long and slow process. "The Fed is trying to change ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... are either near or in retirement) what they thought about the Federal Open Market Committee's decision to keep interest rates unchanged. Nearly half of all respondents (46%) disagreed, and thought interest rates should have been increased. Slightly more ...

Instos seeking co-designed mandates

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Low interest rates and suppressed yields have prompted Australia's largest institutional investors to seek co-designed mandates. Omega Global Investors managing director George Vassos says larger investors are increasingly seeking discrete mandates ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... and superannuation. But it is also helping us understand them better." An economic context of low returns, low interest rates, high valuations and high volatility is challenging industry institutions that are willing to take action. "Focusing on the ...

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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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