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VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... underlying specialist sector teams. The strategy is designed to achieve a positive return with a low sensitivity to interest rates," VicSuper chief investment officer Oscar Fabian said.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... policy statement, in which it described US economic growth as "solid" but pledged a "patient" approach to raising interest rates. LONDON - Greek stocks took a hammering after the country's new anti-austerity government pressed home demands for debt relief ...

Gen Y saving habits reveal advice opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... that are unique to their generation. Housing has arguably never been more unaffordable, even with historically low interest rates, house price growth is pitted against slowing earnings growth. They have lived through the GFC and the cost of living in ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... The bifurcation (finally, got the chance to use the word) of monetary policy between the Fed - expected to raise interest rates sometime this year - and quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB) leaves markets ...

Magellan ups cash weighting ahead of market volatility

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... in risk premia will unwind over the next 12 months or so, as investors focus on a normalisation of US short-term interest rates," Douglass told investors. "Rising long-term interest rates, emerging market instability, increased pressures in Europe and ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... that applied to the first two TLTROs." "Third, in line with our forward guidance, we decided to keep the key ECB interest rates unchanged." "With regard to the sharing of hypothetical losses, the Governing Council decided that purchases of securities ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... CHF1.20/euro line in the sand it drew way back in September 2011 and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lower its key interest rates last week. This week opened with the Danmarks Nationalbank - Denmark's central bank - surprise announcement of a 15bps reduction ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... easing program of 50 billion euros ($58 billion) a month for purchases of sovereign bonds, to keep longer-term interest rates low. "They basically leaked the package for tomorrow, so some of the surprise for tomorrow got in the tape today," said Mace ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... main worries just the day before the SNB decided to abandon the CHF1.20/euro peg and lowered its already negative interest rates to even more negative. It also overshadowed another unexpected central bank policy move. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ...

Instos turn increasingly to real assets

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... real assets to increase investment returns and manage macro-environment risks, but would rethink allocations if interest rates rose significantly, according to a new survey from BlackRock. The survey polled 201 executives on their attitudes and allocations ...