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Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... investors are looking a bit bearish, shifting their priorities to preserve their wealth in case of a correction, or worse, a recession. Investment Trends senior analyst King Loong Choi said investors are turning to more defensive strategies. "Global ...

Aussie investment gurus delve into alternatives

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... is expecting a repeat in 2020," he said. "Investors are cautious and rightly so, however, with the imminent threat of recession receding, riskier assets are likely to mildly outperform in the coming year." The survey shows interest in multi-asset strategies ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
The global economy is toeing a fine line between economic growth and recession, with a number of threats poised to disrupt the already tepid global rally. That's according to the latest report from the World Bank on the global economic outlook for 2020 ...

Modest but meaningful growth on the horizon: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... expected to pick up around 3.25% in 2020, up from 3% in 2019, with new research suggesting fears of a severe turndown or recession have significantly diminished. Research from Aviva Investors suggests that global growth is expected to pick up modestly ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... majority of market participants expect no change in US interest rates in 2020. The US has come a long way baby... from US recession worries to the prospect of a resumption of hikes in interest rates by 2021 (as per the December dot plot). This isn't ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... him Super Mario for nothing (yes, I was the first to call him that!). Eurozone GDP growth started to improve from the recession borne of Grexit and fears of contagion in 2013 to a peak of 3.0% annual growth in the December quarter of 2017 (the fastest ...

The AUD is key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... from US$0.80 to below US$60 during the Asian financial crisis; it fell from around US$0.65 to US$0.49 during the US recession in 2001 and following the September 11 attacks of the same year; and, it dropped from US$0.91 to US$0.62 at the onset of the ...

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... from US$0.80 to below US$60 during the Asian financial crisis; it fell from around US$0.65 to US$0.49 during the US recession in 2001 and following the September 11 attacks of the same year; and, it dropped from US$0.91 to US$0.62 at the onset of the ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... despite global economic concerns centred on the ill-effects of the trade war and underscored by fears of a looming US recession predicted by the inverted yield curve. The only explanation being that bad news is good news. The worse the global economic ...

WTW launches first Australian-domiciled fund, names RE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has launched its first Australian-domiciled fund and appointed a responsible entity. The Global Equities Focus Fund (GEFF) will launch this month and "capture only the best investment ideas from the world's top global ...