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Best-performing funds with least risk

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
What are the best-performing Australian equities funds with the best-managed risk? Rainmaker ranked the winners over three-year returns to March. "Investors considering managed funds options are interested in the rate of return their investment makes ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... that a look at Japan's National Accounts show exports subtracted 0.4 points (down 2.4% in the March quarter) while the sharp 4.6% drop in imports contributed 0.9 percentage points. The sharp drop in imports reinforces the renewed weakness in household ...

Chief economist update: Another RBA rate cut should be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... global and domestic uncertainties make it logical for markets to expect more action from the RBA. But the A$'s recent sharp depreciation, if it persists, goes a long way towards negating the headwinds that's blowing Australia's way. Then ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mexico (and the world) is breathing a sigh of relief after Trump's tweet "indefinitely" suspending his tariff threat against America's southern neighbour. But POTUS being Trump, he's exploited this "win" to issue fresh tariff threats versus ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe is set to be remembered in history as the man who took Australia's official cash rate from a historic low of 1.5% - set under Glen Stevens one month before he stepped down as RBA head honcho in September ...

Hard times ahead for platforms

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... could drop about 40% over five years (9% CAGR) if contemporary fees fall to 30bps and legacy outflows accelerate. It expects sharp reductions in profits even if major platforms cut costs by 20% over the next five years. UBS reviewed 130 product disclosure ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... 5.9% increase. Fixed asset investment growth quickened to 6.3% in the year to March from 6.1% in the previous month - a sharp improvement from the record low (based on Factset data going back to 1998) of 5.3% recorded in August last year. For sure, these ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... unchanged at -13 in February, March and April, but an improvement from -14 in December and January. This portends that the sharp 6.7% in retail spending in the year to March (from 4.0% in January and February) would persist going forward. Where consumer ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... in the year to the March quarter from 1.8% in the December 2018 quarter. This missed market expectations for an already sharp slowdown to 1.5%. A similar trend is evident in the core inflation measures. The trimmed mean inflation gauge softened to 1.6% ...

APRA to up the ante

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... enforcement strategy alongside the enforcement review that commenced in November after its enforcement methods came under sharp public scrutiny during the Royal Commission. The new strategy will see APRA adopt a "constructively tough" appetite to enforcement ...