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Prime Value launches fund for SIVs, SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Plus Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of income-producing securities and seeks to outperform the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate with minimal risk of capital loss. "The strategy is popular with investors who want a defensive, cash-like ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 5,368. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices and the Australian Bureau of Statistics posts building approvals figures, both for ...

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... influences may offer a more unbiased company position. This is one the key findings among research from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released yesterday. Among nine investment papers in the RBA's quarterly bulletin, several themes were addressed. ...

Australia's "irrational exuberance" an economic risk: PIMCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... that "macro-prudential measures should be strengthened to address financial stability risk and give the Reserve Bank of Australia maximum flexibility when setting policy for the aggregate economy. This statistically highlights the potential vulnerability ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Australia is still small but higher than it was earlier this year. He said the risk will be worrying the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and means the next move in the Australian cash rate is most likely to be downwards. "Meaning that Australian bond ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... the worst consequences from the GFC, the situation is not as predictable anymore. Most recently, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to cut interest rates to 2% has complicated things further. "The situation is not easy. People who transited ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower as investors continue to grapple with the Reserve Bank of Australia's position on interest rates. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said although commodity prices lifted overnight and boosted the resources ...

BTIS makes two senior hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... investment strategy roles with Macquarie in Hong Kong and Australia and was previously an economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia. He starts on 29 June. In the other major appointment, Ron Mehmet has been promoted to head of sector portfolio management ...

Hard landing in China could trip Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... hit by a shock, by a hard landing in China, what are the RBA's exit strategies?" Fenton said that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) might be caught between rock and a hard place if China's growth slows down too fast and the Australian economy doesn't ...

Forget Australia, head stateside for property yield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... sought after for its income paying characteristics," the analysts said. With sector valuations high, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowering rates and the US QE program finished, investors might move away from Australian property and back into the ...