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Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... protection products soars, a senior QIC portfolio manager has warned. With global economic conditions improving, central banks are expected to start unwinding the stimulus measure put in place in the wake of the financial crisis. Many financial experts ...

GSAM launches flexible global bond fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... term we expect the Reserve Bank of Australia to reduce interest rates, globally we expect rates to start to rise as central banks gradually withdraw their accommodative policies," GSAM head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt said. "Owning ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... any creaking sound to singing, "I am strong, I am invincible...", no it's not because "I am woman" but because the central banks' got our backs. Just how bullish is the market? According to the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) latest ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... Worst, the opportunity costs don't stop in the US of A. It migrates beyond its borders with other governments and central banks interrupting normal proceedings - that of ensuring solid, sustainable growth in their respective economies - in favour of ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... far he's getting none of that either. In spite of the dire warnings from international institutions, other world central banks, well- and lesser-known experts, financial markets remain nonchalant. As Bloomberg printed today, "Even with a deadline looming ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
"When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we'll see No I won't be afraid Oh, I won't be afraid Just as long as you stand, stand by me." - Ben E. King How serendipitous is it, 'ey? It's Ben all around. This little Ben ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... 2.9% in early September and trigger a capital flight from emerging to developed markets. Despite attempts by local central banks to intervene into their local currency markets, major EM currencies fell sharply in August with the Indonesian Rupiah dropping ...

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... crisis. "10% yields are not outside the realm of possibility. But the good news is that global investors, banks and central banks would be attracted like bees to a honey pot to US 10-year Treasuries yielding 8-10%. As buyers enter the market the yields ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... skidding more than three per cent as the yen rose against the US dollar before policy meetings of the US and European central banks. Tokyo's Nikkei on Monday dived 3.32 per cent, extending an almost three per cent slump on Friday. The index shed 468.85 ...

Gold headed to $3k an ounce says ETF pioneer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... there is governments have spent too much in terms of their budget deficits; they've certainly spent too much by the central banks buying bonds and other financial assets via printing of money." Tuckwell, who was reportedly worth $775 million in 2012 ...