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Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... "Malcolm in the Middle", for which the song above was written... the RBA's in the middle. Looking at the top line headline CPI inflation measure would give a resounding "yes" answer to a May interest rate snip. Headline inflation eased to 1.3% in the ...

Seniors weigh in on super tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... in the discussion, especially their call to government to take off the table the proposal to change pension indexation to CPI only. "However there is more work that would need to be done on the impact of other suggested changes to pension taper rates ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... has less and less capacity to offer anywhere near their returns targets. The $109 billion Future Fund's mandate is to return CPI +4.5%, but with interest rates at record lows and 10-year government bond yields at 2.6%, holding traditional cash in either ...

IFM acquires US$5.7 billion highway

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... opportunity to acquire a large, high-quality, US-denominated transportation asset, giving our investors direct linkage to US GDP and CPI," said IFM global head of infrastructure Kyle Mangini. "ITR is a core infrastructure asset with defensive characteristics ...

No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... interest rates - as inflation has dropped below the central bank's goal of slowing it down to 8% by January this year (annual CPI inflation was 5.1% in the first month of 2015) - it's the timing of the RBI's announcement that's been the surprise. The ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... from minus 0.2% in December. Despite its on-going massive QE programme, Japan looks set to return to deflation with its core CPI (less VAT hike effect) slowing to 0.2% in January from 0.5% in the previous month. While Australia's core inflation remains ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... to continue its moderate recovery trend," the BOJ printed its February statement. "The year-on-year rate of increase in the CPI is likely to slow for the time being, reflecting the decline in energy prices." Yes, Virginia, she's gonna be right... until ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... year return." As a result of the strong returns the Future Fund in 2014 delivered more than twice its target return, which is CPI plus 4.5%. Explaining the Future Fund's impressive performance outcome is that while regular super funds are about 20% invested ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... easy". For one the BOC's surprise decision to cut 25 bps off its target rate to 0.75% was borne of the fact it sees "total CPI inflation... to be temporarily below the inflation-control range during 2015". Inflation was running at 1.5% in December - ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... around 1.0% slack in the economy - and along with "them" - has changed the inflation outlook for the economy. The Bank predicts CPI inflation to fall to around 1.0% in the first half of 2015, with a risk that it could even decline below that. "The near-term ...