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Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... high 193.7% as at June this year. Some are dipping into their savings to fund this debt. The household savings ratio has fallen to 4.6% in the year to the second quarter of this year - the lowest since September 2008 (3.7%)... but at least disposable ...

Emerging infrastructure funds struggling: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... emerging funds dropped from 106 in August 2016 to 87 unlisted infrastructure funds; targeted capital commitments have also fallen from US$54 billion to US$45 billion. Preqin defines emerging managers as those having raised or are currently raising their ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... it is true that the pro-indexing camp does exhibit a certain missionary zeal and does relish painting active managers as fallen angels who started off with good intentions but then got caught up with hubris and the lure of revenue-driven asset gathering," ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... 1.9% in the first quarter. This is the fastest growth rate in six years. The unemployment rate in the region has steadily fallen to 9.1% in June - the lowest level since 2009 - after peaking at 12.1% in July 2013. Unlike its peers growth in wages and ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... lower to 1.7% (from 1.9% in the May QIR) this year and 1.6% (from 1.7%) in 2018. Sterling's effective exchange rate has fallen by 1.3% this year to date and 13.1% since the 23 June 2016 Brexit referendum - down 12.0% against the US dollar; 15.4% versus ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... clear that super funds need to assess climate risk," Market Forces analyst Daniel Gocher added. "Since this has largely fallen on deaf ears, it's no surprise that trustees now find themselves open to legal action for a dereliction of basic fiduciary ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... the GFC low of 1.8% (December 2009 quarter) from 2.7% in the previous quarter. Similarly, the household savings ratio has fallen from 5.1% to 4.7% - the lowest since the September 2008 quarter. Persistent sluggish wage growth suggests very little improvement ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... rate for Australia. The various estimates suggested that the rate had been broadly stable until around 2007, but had since fallen by around 150 basis points to around 1 per cent. This equated to a neutral nominal cash rate of around 31/2 per cent, given ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... 10-year Treasuries and the Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) of the same maturity. The yield differential has fallen to 1.75% at the close of last Friday's trading - down from this year's high of 2.07% posted in January. This could also ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... of infrastructure and property also contributed well to the results even though listed property performance in REITs has fallen back from its high returns seen in recent years." But reports of strong property sales in the direct market are further expected ...