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BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... close to, 2%" and emphasised that, "we have the power, the willingness and the determination to act" comes a positive surprise from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in the form of negative interest rates. Move over QE and QQE (you too, Operation Twist), we have ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
A panel of economic experts has told Morningstar that financial markets may have been overreacting to volatility in the Chinese sharemarket, overplaying risks to respective economies. The discussion earlier this month also said Australia's economic ...

Minimum withdrawal rates act as default: CSIRO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Research from CSIRO says minimum account-based pension withdrawal rates are acting as a conservative default that sees retirees exceeding needs to self-insure their financial longevity. CSIRO behavioural economics and superannuation decision-making ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Despite growing worries over China, commodity prices, Fed policy and the slow transition from resources to the non-mining sector of the economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that ...

Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Industry consultant and after-tax specialist Parametric says issues that will keep superannuation trustees awake at night during 2016 include regulation, post-retirement solutions, and immunising members against market volatility. Parametric Australasia ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) launch of QQE. The slight improvement in confidence could have been in response to the BOJ's surprise but equally small adjustment in policy easing in December. Following its 18 December Board meeting, the BOJ announced that ...

IFM Investors sell Pacific Hydro to SPIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Global fund manager IFM Investors has sold Australian clean energy company Pacific Hydro to the Chinese-based State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). IFM Investors was not surprised by the level of buyer interest in the business which runs 19 wind ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... timing of the first rate hike, and likely for subsequent rate hikes, is relatively simple: 1.The Fed does not want to surprise financial markets given the fragility of global macroeconomic conditions. A surprise has the strong potential for generating ...

Over 30% SMSFs hold low balances: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... to invest in professionally managed products which are executed and structured by experienced fund managers." Another surprise was the low take-up of exchange traded funds (ETFs) among trustees. The exposure to this investment vehicle was an average ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... these were already happening in the third quarter - plus, remember the sharp volatility in China's stock market, the surprise devaluation of the yuan and... the Australian equity market's "worst three-month performance since the September quarter of ...