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Centuria acquires property for healthcare fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... "We've seen strong investor appetite to capitalise on the market's undersupply, especially given the backdrop of low interest rates and income volatility," he said. After launching during the pandemic, the fund was fully subscribed and temporarily suspended ...

Chief economist update: RBA does the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... too. This is because of the RBA's announced package of measures lowering immediate, intermediate and long-term interest rates and I quote, The elements of the package are as follows: a reduction in the cash rate target to 0.1 per cent a reduction ...

The rate that stops the nation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... the RBA will likely proceed with its decision to cut now that the federal budget announcement is out of the way. "Interest rates were kept on hold last month largely due to the timing of the federal budget," Boehm said. "Now that this has been announced ...

Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... quarter after contracting by 1.3% in the March quarter and 3.2% in June. Interest rate cuts - Bank of Korea cut interest rates from 1.25% at the start of 2020 to a record low 0.5% -- and a total of KRW310 trillion (US$275 billion) in fiscal stimulus ...

Chief economist update: The UK's new plan... after two plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... in late September. For its part, the Bank of England (BOE) has left the monetary policy door open for negative interest rates and more QE. The UK might be able to contain the second wave as it did the first wave given the re-imposition of restrictions. ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... September). This could be because TINA (there is no alternative) FOMO (fear of missing out) remains in play. Low interest rates sparked the TINA trade with investors seeking better returns in the stockmarket that, in turn, lifted upward momentum and ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... our own options." For sure, fiscal -- tax cuts; welfare spending programmes, etc. - and monetary support - lower interest rates have increased household incomes but recent data show that these have been mostly saved - the household savings ratio soared ...

Level premiums to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... there are complications and it's more complex around level premiums," he said. He went on to explain that low interest rates puts pricing pressure on level premiums and how it works within a five-year piece with income protection needs to be worked ...

Chief economist update: Money buys happiness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... nation in containing the COVID-19 outbreak; and the expectation that the Reserve Bank Board is likely to further cut interest rates at its next meeting on November 3." In three words, that's money, money, money. Fiscal money, amounting to "$98 billion ...

Netwealth sees rise in inflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... rate reduction, Netwealth will absorb this reduction and this will adversely impact out ancillary revenues until interest rates rise," it said. Additionally, Netwealth said fee paying FUA percentage increased to 64.1%, primarily due to clients transitioning ...