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Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... first implemented its bond buys in April 2013. And only last November, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) its key interest rates. These could delay the Fed's much-speculated rates-lift off this year, more so given last week's US payrolls report that showed ...

Australian Unity acquires two $80 million mortgage funds

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... investors can invest in individual mortgages with different terms (up to a maximum of two years) and different interest rates payable. The fund will now be known as the Australian Unity Select Mortgage Income Fund. The Owenlaw Mortgage Trust, now known ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... recession" and all that jazz. So much so, that National Australia Bank has now changed its guesstimate from steady interest rates to two interest rate cuts early next year. Then there's Greece. It's back in the limelight and causing trouble again as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... per cent, or 163.99 points, to 2,856.27 after enjoying a stellar performance since last month when China slashed interest rates unexpectedly. Hong Kong lost 2.34 per cent, or 561.84 points, to close at 23,485.83, capping a three-day rally. WELLINGTON ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... have gone primarily into alternative investments such as infrastructure and private equity. Despite record low interest rates, super funds still have about 11% of their assets in cash. If super funds decide to maintain their current level of exposure ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... know what I'll want for Christmas (aside from my two front teeth) when it comes to a choice between paying zero interest rates from zero income (no job) or higher borrowing costs but with the means to pay for them.

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... banks have already complained that holding extra capital would be damaging, and ANZ says it will result in higher interest rates for customers. The inquiry also recommends clamping down on borrowing by superannuation funds and the introduction of a competitive ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... if needed, be implemented in a timely manner. Perhaps the super one's still counting on ultra low and negative interest rates and TLTRO (targeted long-term refinancing operations) and asset-backed securities programme and covered bond purchase programme ...

Investors blind to arbitrage opportunity in emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... prejudice means most are missing out, according to Loomis Sayles head of emerging markets investments Peter Marber. Low interest rates across most of the world's developed markets have strengthened the case for investors to look to emerging markets for ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... before you jump and conclude that this would reduce the time in "considerable time" before the Fed starts raising interest rates, note that the inflation component in the report showed input prices contracting - down to 44.5 from 53.5 in October - thanks ...