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RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016

It was unexpected but not a total surprise. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.25% contrary to consensus expectations that the New Zealand central bank will keep interest rates unchanged after this ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016

... Australian Reserve Bank (RBA) to cut interest rates again - with some expecting another 25bps shaved off the official cash rate (currently at 2.0%) as early as May. Australia's better-than-expected economic scorecard killed these speculations, underscored ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016

... I certainly can't." "I've allowed the horse to come to the water with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." The RBA cash rate was at 2.5% at the time - actual capex was falling around mid-single digits and expectations were dropping in the low teens ...

Advisers halt HNW slide

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016

There are signs that advisers have recovered from last year's slide in the number of high net worth investors (HNWs) using their services. According to a recent Investment Trends survey of around 3000 HNWs with a combined $11.5 billion in investible ...

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016

DomaCom's offer to acquire the pastoral empire that is Kidman Station has been given a shot in the arm with S.Kidman & Co reopening the company's sale to Australian investors. DomaCom chief executive officer Arthur Naoumidis said the announcement endorsed ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016

... Central bank action, and possibly inaction, will have its effects," she explained. "If we start looking at the RBA, the cash rate is at 2%. It's an easing cycle that began in late 2011, even if it has been punctuated by periods of pause. Recently, markets ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

... unnerved... or to use his own words (last December), "chilled". At the RBA yesterday, it was a steady as she goes - cash rate unchanged at 2.0% -- with "scope for easier policy, should that be appropriate to lend support to demand" because, "current ...

Be alert to recession amid growth headwinds: PIMCO

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015

... specialist said the RBA is unlikely to raise interest rates and, outside a recession, unlikely to significantly lower the cash rate either. "So with the market continuing to price in the chance of modest interest rate reductions, we do not see value ...

Colonial First State appoints new alternatives manager

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015

... added the investment objective of the portfolio is to produce a return that exceeds the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate. "The allocation to Acadian's defensive income strategy in the defensive alternatives portfolio uses long short equity to ...

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015

... policy or what? This is the feeling one gets when one looks at the history of the RBNZ's adjustments to its official cash rate target over the past few years. Yesterday's decision by New Zealand's central bank's to cut interest rates - the fourth time ...

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Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The Full Federal Court of Australia has criticised regulators for falling back on appeals to re-litigate cases on a different legal basis than the one run at trial.

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA

Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year.

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA

ASX-listed Powerhouse Ventures has partnered with an unnamed European fund manager that will commit US$50 million to its fledgling Critical Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund.

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI

KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities.

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