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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... main house price factor Australia's inflation rate coming in at a cool 1% for 2015-16 is expected to lead to yet another interest rate drop which in turn should trigger a rise in house prices particularly in highly sought after areas. However, according ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
With inflation at a 17 year low markets are pricing in a rate cut at next week's RBA meeting, although, according to head of investment management Australia at Western Asset Management, Anthony Kirkham, a rate cut might not be the right answer. With ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... investor portfolios for the next few years." He cites the firm's own research that shows gold has returned about 23% when interest rates are lower than 2% in Australia. At a separate event on Tuesday, Avoca Investment Management portfolio manager John ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... returns appear to be significantly inflated. Globally the average level of desired income was 9.1% but with many countries' interest rates at historic lows, plenty of investors look set to be disappointed. "Millennials expectations were even more unrealistic ...

Centuria's Macquarie strategy pays off

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... residential development scheme for the site and then took the property to market through CBRE. Huljich said the heightened interest in the sales campaign and the high purchase price were validations of Centuria Property's active management philosophy. ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... Australia. But the lift in the AUD has made the recovery in construction activity more difficult although record low interest rates have made the cost of borrowing relatively cheap. Nevertheless, Deloitte Access Economics said businesses are mostly choosing ...

ASIC hands down multiple bans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
ASIC has permanently banned one adviser and handed temporary bans to two others, one of which was formerly employed by Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). Craig Miller, formerly of Malanda in North Queensland, was employed by ANZ as a financial ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... 2015, up from 72% at end 2007," noted the report as it warned that "worried investors are likely to demand even higher interest rates before purchasing new debt." While the report was not a direct swipe at Australia's poor culture of fiscal discipline ...

QIC and Future Fund back $3bn renewable fund

KERRIE SYDEE, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... Redman said: "We've spoken to all of the Australian banks and many overseas banks as well who have all expressed strong interest in wanting to be part of this so we're looking forward to the next stage when we start to announce funded projects being ...

Proxy results spell doom for AMP Capital China fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
The proxies received prior to Friday's extraordinary general meeting for the future of the AMP Capital China Growth Fund suggest a likely wind-up. The deadline for the proxy results was 10am on July 26; based on the proxies received, AMP Capital said ...