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Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... offered a dovish forward guidance, stating that while the current level of the fed funds rate "remains somewhat below its neutral level... the neutral rate is currently quite low by historical standards" and therefore, "the federal funds rate would not ...

Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... improved to 96.6 in July from 96.2 in June, it remained at levels where pessimists are much more than optimists (100 being neutral) for the eight straight month. But back to the NAB survey. Rising business conditions and business confidence (up to +9 ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... statement following its quarterly meeting, Xinhua news agency recently reported the PBOC's commitment to "prudent and neutral monetary policy" as well as its aim to "accelerate financial reforms to improve the financial sector's efficiency". The PBOC ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... Everybody got it right on the first - the RBA kept interest rates on hold - but missed on the second as it maintained a neutral stance. And for good reasons. It remains optimistic over the domestic growth outlook and still views the March quarter GDP ...

Aussie large cap funds underperforming: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... multi-asset to investors within Australia, Zenith noted. Advanced or specialist strategies such as long/short, market neutral and alternative strategies are not implementable via an SMA structure. The Australian small cap segment, where active managers ...

Agriculture high on industry fund agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Australian superannuation funds could take the country's agriculture sector to the next level in global competitiveness but they will need help in doing so. Industry Super Australia has published a discussion paper that responds to calls for the $2 ...

Actuaries warn against one size fits all retirement products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... tailored to meet member needs; pre-retirees are provided with benefit projections and expressed as an income; is product neutral for longevity protection products; products must meet minimum requirements; and portability of post-retirement products are ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... rebound over the short-term as optimism rebounded strongly in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. At the same time, both neutral sentiment and pessimism pulled back". "Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months ...

Watermark market neutral LIC to launch buy-back

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
Watermark Funds Management will undertake an on-market, one-for-one buy-back for its global market neutral listed investment company, Watermark Global Leaders Fund (WGF), after announcing disappointing performance in 2016. In an investor update, Watermark ...

IFM wins $670m super mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... fund was launched in 2016 and complements IFM's existing Australian Equities Extended Alpha Fund and Asia-Pacific Market Neutral Fund. "We have seen strong interest from Australian superannuation funds in our differentiated investment approach with its ...