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Future Fund delivers 9.3%, increases risk moderately

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... rise. Several smaller banks, including Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, have already raised rates even though the RBA has the cash rate on hold, citing increased funding costs. Speaking of Royal Commission's impact, Costello said banks will have to focus more ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... banks saying "the risks are evenly balanced" - but Governor Adrian Orr's clarification that the current official cash rate (OCR) of 1.75 would remain "at this level through 2019 and into 2020" sparked a sell-off in the New Zealand dollar. The NZ ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... today's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board meeting will mark one-month and two years (25 months) that the country's cash rate had been stuck at a record low 1.50%, and the longest stretch of unchanged interest rates at that. For sure and for ...

ARCO takes a net short on Australian financials

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... ARCO runs a $150 million absolute return strategy, one which ignores benchmark allocation and tries to outperform the cash rate with protecting during market downturns. Colman says ARCO has consistently reduced its allocation to financials over the last ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... statement last month that: "In the current circumstances, members agreed that it was more likely that the next move in the cash rate would be up, rather than down." But with the Australian labour market strengthening, the least harm would be for continued ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint when it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its 3 July board meeting. It has been 24 months now - the longest in recent history - that the official cash rate ...

Absolute returns core to building wealth: ARCO chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... better when the market is struggling." Absolute return investing can measure its performance against the Reserve Bank cash rate instead of a market benchmark. "One thing we know about cash rates is - certainly in Australia's history - they don't go below ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... June 2013 quarter to 1.7% in the September 2014 quarter. Then comes the reversal, so much so that the country's cash rate is now lower - 1.75% - than last it started raising interest rates. It should have learned from the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
"In the current circumstances, members agreed that it was more likely that the next move in the cash rate would be up, rather than down." Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe declared this in many of his recent speeches, the statement was ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint when it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its June 5 board meeting. Except for a few tweaks in the wordings here and there, RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

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Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

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MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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