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Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... investments and liability-driven investment strategies as a means to shelter their plans from changes in asset value and interest rates." AMP Capital's survey also found that where assets are being reallocated, this is more likely to be initiated by ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... Wednesday, but sterling was under pressure after minutes from the latest Bank of England meeting showed no rush to raise interest rates. In Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.58 per cent to 4,105.09 points, while Frankfurt's DAX index rose 0.60 per cent to 8,940.14 ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... England (BOE) chief economist Andrew Haldane also changed his tune from June when he favoured a "front foot" move on interest rates - yes, that was four months ago too - to "...interest rates could remain lower for longer... to avoid the worst outcomes". ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... 92.08 points, to 23,140.05. Seoul lost 0.17 per cent, or 3.34 points, to close at 1,925.91 as the Bank of Korea cut interest rates for the second time in three months and lowered its 2014 growth estimate for the country's economy. WELLINGTON - The NZX ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... that it was lacking and with the Fed poised to complete its QE this month and then onwards and upwards to higher interest rates, we got what we got... increased volatility and a sell-off in risk assets. Latest weak stats out of the eurozone are prompting ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... March. The Australian market recorded its biggest rise in almost two months on Thursday on signs of continued low interest rates in the US. However rates are still expected to rise in the first half of 2015, decreasing the appeal of equities, IG market ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... volatility in asset markets could, in part, reflect market participants' relative certainty about the future course of interest rates," implying that this isn't a good thing. And just two days ago, in its Global Financial Stability report (released 8 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... Australia, the market on Thursday achieved its largest daily rise in almost two months on signs of continued low interest rates in the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 55.4 points, or 1.06%, to 5,296.7 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... market has opened higher following overnight gains on Wall St where the US Federal Reserve hinted it would not raise interest rates. Steady interest rates have a negative effect on the US dollar and bond yields, and increase the appeal of shares in both ...

Nikko AM ups weighting to global shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... momentum in equity prices," chief global strategist and head of the committee John F. Vail said. "Even rising US interest rates are consensus now, so although there may be volatility as such crystallises, it may be no more problematic than the nearly ...