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Brace for 5% returns from global stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... is lower than historic averages, according to Northern Trust's annual asset class return predictions. Northern Trust every year publishes its expectations on returns from different asset classes over the next five year. This year's report, published ...

Chief economist update: The RBA's lullaby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... kept monetary policy settings unchanged - the official cash rate at a historic low of 0.25% and the target yield on three-year Australian government bonds at 25 basis points. In so doing, it conveyed the message that Victoria's second wave - and ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... expectations - and shift our strategic asset class preferences away from nominal government bonds and toward credit." Five-year returns are expected to be negative across developed markets, the Institute said, with yields dropping sharply across nominal ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... lower than many countries. "We are in exceptionally low interest rates and it will [cost] the government only $1.6 billion a year in interest payments," Hutley said. "This is of course only the interest but it is over a long period of time and we can ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... avoid a 'credit crunch' which could amplify the severity of this economic shock," Craig said. "Since September last year the Fed has shown its willingness for the clean functioning of financial markets, stepping in to provide liquidity when needed." ...

Alternatives to lead the way: J.P. Morgan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... "There are two roles alternatives play in a current portfolio; diversification and income," Khazzam said. "10-year Treasury bonds are trading in some cases below 0.5%, and the rest of the world has zero or negative rates. There is going to be even more ...

TCorp launches new bond

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... into this bond, further diversifying our investor base and we look forward to the continued support of our investors in the year ahead," Trigona said. It's the first syndicated transaction that the NSW Treasury Corporation has released since November ...

VanEck launches first active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... hold a portfolio of EM debt securities, denominated in their local currency as well as US dollars. It is targeting 5% per year in target yield and will make monthly distributions. VanEck has set the management costs are 0.95% per year. The portfolio ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... October - taking the official cash rate to a new record low of 0.75%. The All Ordinaries index gained 0.5% and the yield on 10-year Australian government bonds fell to 1.06% (1.13%) as investors switched to these relatively higher yielding assets. The ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... the US yield curve, presaging a US recession in 12-18 months' time. The yield differential between the US 10-year Treasury bond had been negative since May this year. The current yield differential of minus 33 basis points compares with the positive ...