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Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... widely available by early next year, the economy would be set up to truly boom in 2021 - raising the prospect of interest rates increases, rather than further cuts," Bassanese said. "As it stands, the strong near-term fiscal stimulus provided in this ...

Funding for housing to decrease

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... for new housing construction and said after liaison with industry, the HomeBuilder scheme in conjunction with low interest rates, is expected to pull forward demand. Despite the negative impacts the government said the dwelling investment forecast is ...

Australia world class in retirement wellbeing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Canada, Denmark and Germany. This year, the GRI shows the impact of the pandemic on current and future retirees with interest rates falling across the world and the majority of COVID-19 related deaths in Australia over the age of 70. Natixis Investment ...

Financial advice firms facing failure: Dynamic Asset Consulting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... Jerome Lander said most Australian financial advisers are still operating client portfolios based on a view that interest rates will continue to fall. "The new reality is that rates are bottoming out and can't fall much further in a historical context ...

Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... Industry Group's (AiG) September 22 virtual conference, predicting that the Australian central bank will cut interest rates when the board next meet on October 6. According to Bill: "In a speech yesterday the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank gave ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... borrowing rate of the TFF (Term Funding Facility) is also 25 basis points. It is possible to further reduce these interest rates." The second negative interest rate wave speculation in Australia comes soon after the Bank of England (BOE) divulge in its ...

Chief economist update: Zero beyond 2023

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The US Federal Reserve's new monetary policy framework - lower interest rates for longer or average inflation targeting - (virtually) announced at the August 27 Jackson Hole Symposium is now live. The Fed kept policy settings unchanged at its 15-16 ...

Brace for 5% returns from global stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... Treasury Bonds. Global high yield will produce an annualised return of 5.6% p.a. over the period. "Low but steady interest rates should translate into low but positive returns over next five years [in fixed income]. High yield stands out as an alternative ...

Chief economist update: ECB keeps it steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... anything. At its September 10 meeting, the European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 0.00%; marginal lending facility rate at 0.25%; deposit facility rate at -0.50% - continue to buy up ...

NZ Super Fund posts positive result

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... so as to most effectively invest the Fund for the good of New Zealand," Whineray said. "Market pricing indicates interest rates will remain very low for an extended period, meaning that expected returns on all assets are below our long run expectatio ...