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Fidelity adds US equities exposure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... said. Bateman added Fidelity is mindful of the risk of defensive posturing. Last month, Fidelity Multi Asset shifted from neutral to overweight in both equities and fixed income while going underweight in cash. It also has an overweight to emerging markets ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... A-OK. Financial markets were expecting just that. However, financial markets' didn't expect the RBNZ to retain its neutral stance on policy - "We expect to keep the OCR at this level through 2019 and 2020. The direction of our next OCR move could ...

Netflix-style shopping for funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... is not subjective or based on shareholder trading activity at a later date. Around November, Forum 360 will introduce a neutral meeting place where investors can browse funds, listed companies, Netflix style, while keeping their adviser in the loop. ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... torture the data some more. Sure, Financial Standard has called for an outright interest rate reduction, but a shift to neutral would be the next best thing as explained in the piece titled " Time for an RBA shift to neutral ". The main thesis being ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... information". This is because "available information" on the Australian economy points to at least a change in stance to neutral, if not an outright reduction in interest rates. I've already listed them in my piece, " Anatomy of an RBA rate cut " ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... recession in 2001. However, a shift in the RBA's stance from "the next move in interest rates is likely to be up" to "neutral" could be enough to turnaround domestic sentiment. "The art of fighting without fighting." (Bruce Lee)

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... numbers should be supportive of Australian bonds in the short to medium term. For Australian equities, DWS is currently neutral within global equities but expects slower EPS growth. One Australian equities manager who differs from Taylor on rate cuts ...

Australia still low on trust barometer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... country's businesses to do the right thing, up 7% from 2018, according to the report. NGOs: Australians sit in the neutral territory with 56% trusting their NGOs up 8% over previous year Interestingly, the Chinese reported the highest trust of all ...

Watermark pulls out of global equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Watermark will now concentrate on two core strategies in Australian shares; one being equity long/short and the other market neutral. Watermark first began investing in global equities four years ago. Watermark chief investment officer Justin Braitling ...

MLC Centre goes on the market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... successful developments over the past two years," Johnston said. The sale of the MLC Centre is expected to be broadly neutral to the group's earnings in 2019 before any reinvestment of proceeds, GPT said.