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Climate change an imminent threat to returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... investing for a 2c climate change scenario is both an imperative and an opportunity, as it leads to enhanced projected returns versus 3C or 4C and therefore a better outcome for investors. Mercer has combined climate science and economic data to enable ...

Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... the yen's persistent strength that's compounded by the global growth slowdown. The yen has depreciated by 1.5% versus the greenback this year to date, still short of reversing the 2.7% appreciation against a strengthening US dollar it notched ...

Chief economist update: The AUD's resilience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... or another) from the BOJ is negating the downward pressure on the dollar. This year to date, the AUD appreciated by 0.9% versus the greenback and its depreciation on the TWI has slowed from 6.5% last year to only 0.2% this year so far - a function if ...

Younger HNWs splashing on art

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... importance tended to decline with age: 62% of millennial collectors felt these reasons were extremely or very important versus 47% of Gen X collectors, 18% boomers and 11% silent generation," the report said. "A similar trend held for status, cultural ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... costs that, in turn, provided extra impetus to their already slowing economic growth. Thanks to its semi-peg (dirty float?) versus the US dollar, China's currency didn't suffer the similar magnitude of depreciation as its emerging market peers. ...

New retirement loan launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... operates under an Australian credit licence and financial advisers are governed by an AFSL. In delivering financial advice versus credit advice, advisers need to think about the long-term objectives of clients, he said. That demarcation is important ...

Market cap funds disappoint investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... 7.95% and 6.95% on equal and asset-weighted bases respectively. While there is no consistent trend in the yearly active versus index figures, the report said underperformance for the majority of Australian active funds in most categories over the long ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... losses as pessimism and selling increases." (Investopedia) As a consequence of the US discussions, the yuan appreciated versus the greenback - up from CNY6.7131 per US$1 last Friday to a seven-month high of CNY6.6738, before closing at CNY6.6903 - as ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... economies - especially open ones - don't operate in a vacuum. The New Zealand dollar jumped by 1.6% to a one-week high versus the re-strengthening US dollar following the RBNZ's announcement - the reaction to the RBNZ's action (or in this ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... The country's benchmark equity market index dropped 12.8% in 2018 at the same time that the peso depreciated by 5.1% versus the greenback over the same period. Normally, a depreciating currency would boost equity prices. The rationale being a cheaper ...