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Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... whether or not to ban Trump from setting foot on UK soil. Trump was vilified, mocked, ridiculed, dismissed... It's the central banks of the world that wished for, indirectly perhaps, Trump. Note that central bank head honchos have been asking for "fiscal ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... Brexit. Then again, the "gloom and doom" predicted to befall the UK by economic institutions, heads of governments and central banks hasn't happened (yet?). Trump's victory speech is reason to be hopeful: Trump called on unity: "Now it's time for America ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... another 2% at the close of trade last Friday to a reading of 22.5, the highest since June this year -- but the major central banks that held policy deliberations last week also decided to play it safe or save ammunition... just in case. The US Federal ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank is seeing an increase in global pension funds and central banks attending its events and seeking expertise to better understand the Australian bond market. Addressing the bank's ninth Annual Global Markets Conference in Sydney ...

Fidelity names Australian MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... Dublin. Fidelity International currently invests US$272 billion globally for clients ranging from pension funds, central banks, sovereign wealth funds, large corporates, financial institutions, insurers and wealth managers, to private individuals. The ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... my histrionics are about the trillions of dollars, euros, yens, pounds, yuan's and other currencies deployed by central banks to grow economic growth and inflate consumer price inflation. Don't get me started about interest rates and bond yields. From ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... means that the much feared bear market in bonds remains some way off and, with luck and careful policy management by central banks, may yet be avoided," said Taylor. Taylor adds that the market will react negatively in the near-term to a Trump victory ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Waning. Impotent. Ineffective. End-game. These were some of the adjectives applied to the major central banks' "non-conventional" policy stimuli of recent years. Terms, that when mentioned with the word "lift" alongside the Fed and the loss of faith ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... forces on the global economy." Neal said the fund has been paring back risk in the portfolio as concerns grow about central banks' ability to shelter the global economy from future shocks. "Markets have reflected the overarching storyline that we've ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... investors have been concerned for several years that bond yields cannot get any lower and economic recovery would see central banks lift interest rates to more normal levels, this has yet to materialise. In the meantime, globally diversified fixed income ...