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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 ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Some of the world's major central banks have already started the race even before the opening ceremony of "Rio 2016" on the 3rd of August. Perhaps it was much too early but the European Central Bank (ECB) opted not to start running when at its governing ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... not reflect economic reality, but reflects a distorted reality. "There are some commentators who believe that the central banks will need to implement even more aggressive forms of monetary policy, such as the monetisation of government debt or a 'helicopter ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... mean why wouldn't you? "If you're on this train you want it to continue, so you keep calling for more action from central banks and I just think we're getting to the point where some people are stepping back and thinking 'oh this is actually not doing ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... it protects our investors from monetary inflation, it allows us to capture major trends caused by speculators and central banks," Rachcoff said. The Cor Capital Fund has a significant allocation to Australian physical gold bars through its partnership ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... benchmarks, according to infrastructure fund manager QIC. Positive yields have been upturned as a number of key central banks have put negative interest rates in place, including the Bank of Japan (BoJ), the European Central Bank and the central banks ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... (BOE) to lower interest rates from the current 0.5% to zero (or below) and/or reintroduce quantitative easing. Other central banks would follow if only to keep their exchange rates competitive. Lucky the RBA still has scope to cut interest rates should ...

Financial services needs more female leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... attractive "career trade-off" than men. According to the report women do better in public sector institutions, including central banks and regulators, than in the private sector. In 20 out of the 32 countries analysed, the percentage of executive committee ...

Swiss say no to universal basic income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... performed by employees. Economists have also said such schemes could help stimulate growth in a world where many central banks have no more room to lower interest rates.