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Rising costs outpace retiree savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... for a number of items," said ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy. "The relatively low rate of inflation has brought interest rates for bank deposits to historical low levels, placing pressures on the household budgets for retirees relying on income from ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... 2020... It is worth pointing out that when preparing these forecasts, we used our normal technical assumption that interest rates would move broadly in line with market pricing," he said. "At the time the forecasts were prepared, market pricing implied ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... considering allowing ADIs to set their own minimum interest rate floor (currently 7%) provided it is 2.5% higher than the interest rates, with a four-week consultation period starting on June 18. "APRA introduced this guidance as part of a suite of measures ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... (RBA) governor Philip Lowe provided the clearest indication yet that the Australian central bank is poised to cut interest rates, potentially at its June 4 meeting. The transcript of Lowe's speech - titled 'The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy' ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
The odds that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates to a new record low of 1.25% from the current all-time bottom of 1.5% when its Board meets on the first Tuesday of June intensified after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' ...

Financial advisers weigh in on factor investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... asset classes such as fixed income. The most popular factors are value, size, low volatility, quality and momentum. Interest rates, inflation, political issues and foreign exchange are some examples of macroeconomic factors. Wealth Planning Partners ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... Chief Economist Bruce Hockman take on the results of the Wage Price Index (WPI) report that showed wages - total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - grew by 2.3% in the year to the March quarter - the same annual rate of growth recorded in the September ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... full-blown global trade war, we would expect this to trigger a global recession. The Fed's forward guidance of steady rates until the end of the year has turned the slope of the yield curve (yield on 10-year Treasuries less 3-month T-bills) positive ...

Advice practice supply outweighs demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... since 2007, Radar Results said. "After the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) finished, finance became easy to secure, interest rates fell, sellers were hard to find, and buyers were forced to pay a high price multiple for an acquisition," the firm said. ...

Industry fund dips toes in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... trimmed its US and Aussie equities exposures because it believes valuations are over-heated by artificially low interest rates. Its bond option is now the top performer on SelectingSuper personal super performance tables to March 13, with a 6.5% return ...