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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... However, these expectations should be tempered by still low inflation in the single currency area. While the annual headline CPI inflation rate jumped to 1.8% in January (from 1.1% in the previous month) and appears headed for the RBA's 2.0% target ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... and selling prices (19.4 from 17.6). This is the same indication given by the much broader measure of US inflation. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to 2.5% in the year to January, from 2.1% in the previous month. This is higher than expectations for ...

Ignition Wealth launches goals-based investing

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... Wealth will offer diversified portfolios which include new and emerging offerings such as SMAs, ETFs, alternative beta and CPI plus products. "In reality an investor's attitude to risk is influenced by what their goal is and the date by when they ...

British inflation quickens but still off-target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... fastest gain in consumer prices since June 2014. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), "The latest rise in CPI was mainly due to rising petrol and diesel prices, along with a significant slowdown in the fall in food prices" and of course ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... boost consumer prices and cause inflation to overshoot the 2% target. This effect is already becoming evident in the data. CPI inflation rose to 1.6% in December and further substantial increases are very likely over the coming months. In the central ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... year-on-year growth rate up to 1.8%, the same as the September quarter but up March's 1.7% and June's 1.6%. Similarly, headline CPI inflation accelerated to 1.8% in the year to January from 1.1% in the previous month and beating expectations for a 1.6% ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... Federal Government on the appropriate investment mandate for the next 10 years. The fund currently requires a real return of CPI +4.5%. Since inception in May 2006, the Future Fund has returned 7.7% which is ahead of its 6.9% benchmark. "We have made ...

Perpetual multi-asset fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... its strong performance. Before tax and fees the fund achieved returns of 9% per annum as at 31 December 2016 - exceeding the CPI+5% per annum objective by 1.9% over five years. The fund is managed by a team of six with an average of 17 years' investment ...

Brexit beginning to bite?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... eased to 4.9% from 6.4%. Reports indicate that British shoppers are being squeezed by rising inflation with both headline CPI (1.9%) and core consumer prices (1.6%) rising in the year to December. However, the December retail sales report is inconsistent ...

China's inflation off target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... for a 4.5% rise and is the fastest rate of year-on-year increase in producer prices since September 2011. The below-target CPI inflation update allows the PBOC to lower interest rates, especially as the dichotomy between consumer and producer price inflation ...