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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... provides added scope for the New Zealand central bank to again cut interest rates. The RBNZ last reduced the official cash rate by 25 bps on the 10th of March to a record low 2.25%. The core inflation rate stood at 0.42% in the year to the March quarter ...

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... interest rates, both of which the company believes do not have a high level of risk. Rather, QIC argues that both RBA cash rate cuts and independent rate moves are imminent before the cycle turns and will ease pressures on the housing market. "Our view ...

Pengana absolute return fund shifts to daily pricing

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... half years, compared to 2% per annum returns from the Asia Pacific equity markets and the Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate of 3% per annum," Kumra added. Pengana manages around $1.7 billion in assets across six established equity strategies focusing ...

BondAdviser launches new portfolio on HUB24

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... stability and has low portfolio volatility. The BondAdviser Income Plus Portfolio has an investment benchmark of the RBA cash rate plus 1.5 per cent and an Investment Management Fee of 0.25% p.a. (inc. GST). BondAdviser head of research, Nicholas Yaxley ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... anything but powerless. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RNBZ) unexpected 25 basis point reduction that took the official cash rate down to 2.25% last Thursday (10th of March) sent the NZ$ down by 0.9% against the US dollar on the week for a total ...

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 ...