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Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... a speech yesterday the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank gave a fairly clear hint that the board is set to cut the cash rate and other key policy rates at its October board meeting..." "The theme is likely to be, as we saw in March, a Team Australia ...

Chief economist update: RBA increases and extends TFF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic interest rates unchanged - the targets for the official cash rate at 0.25% and the yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds at 25 basis points - at its September meeting, as expected. What came as ...

Dividends ripe for the picking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... so-called safe assets, such as cash, bonds and term deposits simply won't be able to pay the bills and we expect the cash rate to remain close to zero for at least the next two years." While investors relying on dividend income have traditionally looked ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... since the March 2016 quarter - one of the factors that prompted the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut the official cash rate from 2.0% to 1.75% in April and then again to 1.5% in August of the same year. Eighteen months on -- the time back in August ...

HUB24 reports record results

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... cash balances on the platform (which resulted in higher cash account income). This cushioned the impact of the RBA's cash rate cuts during the second half of the year, HUB24 said. Its underlying NPAT was impacted by several one-off items, HUB24 said ...

Challenger launches new lifetime annuity

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
Challenger has launched a new lifetime annuity with payments linked to the cash rate. The RBA Cash Linked option is the first lifetime annuity in Australia to be linked to the cash rate, according to the firm. Challenger also offers lifetime annuities ...

New 'cash plus' style sovereign bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Jamieson Coote Bonds has launched an absolute return fixed income fund aiming to deliver 2.5% above cash rate while investing only in sovereign debt. The CC JCB Dynamic Alpha fund will hold high-grade sovereign bonds from G7 nations and Australia, with ...

Boutique launches multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... largest multi-asset fund in New Zealand and has been running since April, 2010. Its current benchmark is the official cash rate plus 2.5% per year. Since the 2010 launch, it has returned 10.55% p.a. Shorter-term returns stand at 3.74% (three months) ...

Chief economist update: The RBA's lullaby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... its August 4 meeting, the board of the Australian central bank kept monetary policy settings unchanged - the official cash rate at a historic low of 0.25% and the target yield on three-year Australian government bonds at 25 basis points. In so doing ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... mean and weighted median) from target (2.0%-3.0%), GDP growth (1.4% in Q1 2020) from potential (2.75%) and the neutral cash rate (1.25%), the nominal official cash rate should now be at around minus 0.05%. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has already ...

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