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Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... rates is likely to be up rather than down" is no more! In his address to the National Press Club of Australia - on " Th e Year Ahead" - yesterday, the RBA governor conceded that: "Looking forward, there are scenarios where the next move in the cash rate ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... to connect with them. "If you go to a barbecue in Europe, people will talk about whether they should buy a US 10-year treasury bond or sell a German 10-year bund," he said. "If you go to a barbecue in Australia, the chat will be if you should buy BHP ...

MYEFO sees bond issuance drop

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... revised Budget figures reveal a sharp reduction in the deficit and a 26% reduction in required bond issuance for this financial year. "Treasury bond issuance for the year is now expected to be around $52 billion compared with around $70 billion expected ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Victorian Government's $300 million release in 2016 and doubled the Queensland Government's $750 million issuance last year. Separately, the World Bank is partnering with Westpac and BNP Paribas to launch the first Sustainable Growth Bonds for ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... This is lower than consensus expectations for a 2.4% gain and is the slowest increase in consumer prices since February this year (2.2%). Core inflation remained unchanged at 2.2% in September from August and also less than expectations for a pick-up ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... the rise and rise of US bond yields are giving equity investors a run for their money. The increase in the US 10-year Treasury bond yield to around 3.2% has reduced the S&P 500's premium to 3.7% compared with the long-term average of 4.4%. Similarly ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... non-farm payrolls report for September where the unemployment rate is expected to remain at 3.9% (just a tick above the 18-year of 3.8% recorded in May). These reports provided a timely backdrop and confirmation to Fed chair Powell's words before ...

JPMorgan fund excludes tobacco, cuts fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... Josh Berelowitz said the fund has added a modest position in duration throughout 2018 in the form of US 10-year Treasury bonds, as yields climbed above 3%. With short-term equity-bond correlations at negative, the portfolio manager saw this as an attractive ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... at 6.60 yuan against a US dollar, down from this year's high of 6.26 and the weakest it's been since December last year. What surprised me was Bloomberg's headline, "China's Yuan Tumble Blindsides Traders, Spurs Worry Over Impact". This ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... co-founder Tom Lee went public and declared the stock market in a "parabolic rise" - a bullish signal for the remainder of the year and which has failed in only two out of the eight similar episodes since 1928, according to him - Wall Street dropped. ...