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Chief economist update: When monetary and fiscal policies don't meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... employed by central banks since the Great Recession of 2008, with the Australian Financial Review reporting: "Negative interest rates, central bank lending to commercial banks, purchases of financial assets such as government bonds and "forward guidance" ...

Investors deluded on returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... anyone to achieve, the Schroders Global Investor Study reveals. These expectations remain despite the low growth, low interest rate environment across global markets. The US had the highest annual return expectation at 12.4% on average, in Australia ...

Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia, labelling them conflicted and driven by self-interest. The United Financial Advisers Association (formerly known as the Life Insurance Consumer Group) has attacked the key financial ...

Return to the mutual model: Expert

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
A financial advice industry veteran has called for a return to the mutual model, saying the sector has lost focus and a sense of purpose. Property Funds Management Australia chief executive Barry Daniels has said there is still hope for the industry ...

Chief economist update: US recession on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... The Beatles Well, two yesterdays ago to be precise. This was on October 1 when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates for a third time this year - taking the official cash rate down to a record low of 0.75% (with markets expecting another ...

Chief economist update: Zero here we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... stitching. If only the RBA applied the opposite of what central banks around the world were proclaiming, "We need to raise interest rates now to avoid lifting rates by more in the future" during the good times. On 1 October 2019, the RBA announced its ...

Aussie bond fund added to Zenith model portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... generate returns through a range of active strategies including sector rotation, credit selection and, to a lesser extent, interest-rate and yield curve positioning," Wright said. "Bonds form a key component of an investor's portfolio and more specifically ...

Macquarie, Tasplan and QIC shuffle airports

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... Infrastructure and Real Assets purchased the United Kingdom's only dedicated business airport, Farnborough Airport and sold its interest in Hobart International Airport to a consortium including QIC. MIRA's Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6 picked ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... how the demand for impact investing is shaping in New Zealand. It provides new insights into investors' awareness and interest in impact investing, as well as the future prospects and challenges facing the growing field."

ASIC casts doubt over Dollarmites

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... review to remind consumers that CBA's Youth Saver only pays a base rate of 0.15% pa and is currently paying a maximum interest rate of 2.10% pa. There are 25 bank accounts for children in the InfoChoice database that beat that base rate and eight accounts ...