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Investors unfazed by market volatility: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
Recent share market turbulence is not spooking investors as the majority are adamant about holding onto their equity portfolio, Financial Standard's spot poll shows. Most readers (61%) said volatility raging in global and local share markets won't ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... the Australian central bank at the conclusion of its board meeting. The RBA did not disappoint. It kept the official cash rate unchanged at the record low 1.5% - where it had been for 27 months (and counting) - as well as making only minor tweaks to ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... take the fed funds rate up to 3.4% by then. On the other hand, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.75% -- where it had been since November 2016. Not only that, RBNZ governor Adrian Orr said in his statement ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... predominately comprised of long and short positions in Australian listed securities, aiming to deliver above the RBA cash rate in positive risk adjusted returns despite the performance of underlying securities. Firetrail's Absolute Return has delivered ...

AMP, CBA respond to record class action bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... bank where members of the fund's cash option received interest rates as low as 1.25% per year - lower than the RBA cash rate and rates offered on regular term deposits. Likewise, the Royal Commission revealed members within AMP's cash option ...

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 ...