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Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... governments around the world couldn't spend their way into a recovery forever without hitting some sort of a roadblock -interest rates on their borrowings to shore up their domestic economies would go up. And interest rates have risen. The yield on ten-year ...

DIY investors embrace Meta Platforms

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... investors and dominate eToro's top 10 list of most-held stocks, despite fears over rising inflation and higher interest rates. The Bank of England became the first major central bank last month to raise rates from record lows, while the US Federal Reserve ...

Aussie investors retain home bias: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... slowdown (47% cite, up from 21% a year ago), property prices (28%, up from 15%), inflation (25%, up from 11%), and interest rates (24%, up from 4%). The past year has also seen the typical portfolio lighter on cash related investments, direct shares ...

IFM, Citi pour $300m into Household Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... efficient, more available and more reliable for retirees. This funding facility delivers Australian retirees low interest rates which mean more access to their home equity retirement funding." Household Capital chair Nick Sherry added: "The wealth of ...

Knight Frank releases 2022 outlook

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... policy by historical standards, which will keep bond yields anchored at relatively low levels. "Significantly higher interest rates would quickly prove to be counterproductive, dampening demand without addressing the cost inflation pressures that are ...

CFS launches low cost geared index options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... terms over rolling seven-year periods before fees and taxes. The geared index options can borrow at institutional interest rates, which are typically lower than the rates charged on margin loans to individual investors. "As the geared index options manage ...

Backlash after 'unprecedented' ASIC action against Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... to charge fees on deregistered company accounts; and selling on credit card and flexi-loan debt with incorrect interest rates. Westpac reached an agreement with ASIC to resolve all six matters, has admitted the allegations in each of the proceedings ...

Retirees require 3.3% drawdown: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... generally been adopted as a rule of thumb by pension fund providers. Given the current state of the market and low interest rates, Morningstar found that retirees need to create a little wiggle room. "The 4% rule is based on a static withdrawal, and ...

ASIC files numerous cases against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
... to charge fees on deregistered company accounts; and selling on credit card and flexi-loan debt with incorrect interest rates. This is the first time ASIC has filed multiple proceedings against one entity at the same time. Announcing the filings today ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... interest rate hikes. If anything, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RBNZ) has already jumped the gun. The RBNZ raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.5% in October - ahead of the other central banks' (mentioned above) their policy adjustments ...