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Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... money is nigh. But while yields on 10-year bonds have risen sharply - US Treasuries were up 23 basis points to 2.37% overnight from 2.14% at the close of the week ended 23 June (before hawkish comments); Eurozone bonds up 31 bps and UK gilts up 28 bps ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... day of FY2016-17 with an EOFYS (end of financial year sale) gauging from the heavy selling on Wall Street and Europe overnight. The S&P 500 index closed 0.9% lower last night (the Nasdaq even more, down 1.4%) while the Stoxx Europe fell by 1.3%. [To ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... Treasuries and TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) have clearly trended lower. The differential stood at 1.7% overnight, down 1.94% at the start of 2017 and this year's high of 2.07%. The IMF's recent downgrade of its US economic growth forecast ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... Intermediate (WTI) and Brent dropping by more than 20% from this year's highs. WTI oil edged up a little to US$42.73/barrel overnight after dropping to 10-month low of US$42.51 the day before - down 21.6% from the 2017 peak of US$54.48 reached in February. ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... months." Brent oil was trading at around US$50 per barrel before the ECB's June meeting. It closed at US$44.68/barrel overnight. Not a good indication for inflation. "At the same time, measures of underlying inflation remain low and have yet to show ...

BGL partners with Link for automation

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... reconciled on a quarterly basis or any other time required by the SMSF as part of a compliance check, automatically overnight. "Automating the reconciling of holding balances with share registries, the single source of truth, provides our clients with ...

Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... From 1 July the Future Fund will have an investment mandate that targets a return of CPI plus four to five per cent. Overnight the Federal Government registered a revised investment mandate for the Future Fund, better reflecting global investment market ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
The S&P 500 index notched another fresh record high overnight - up by 0.3% to 2,404.39 points - and the VIX index dropped to a reading of 10.02 - the market has never been this fearless in more than 23 years (January 1994 when the index read 9.94) - ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... this, financial markets' reaction have been relatively sanguine - the VIX index (the "fear gauge) even dropped by 8.2% overnight to a reading of 14.66 after climbing to 15.96 (its highest level this year but below the 22.51 level recorded days before ...

FSC awards life insurance standouts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
The Financial Services Council recognised the best and brightest in the life insurance industry overnight at a gala dinner in Sydney. AIA head of retail risk, optimisation and compliance Kathleen Williams received the Young Achiever Award at the FSC ...