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Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016

... result - the worst outcome would be a stable budget deficit to GDP ratio. It'll be the same with the ratio of government debt to GDP. Perverse as it may seem but the rise in US long-term bond yield has actually steepened the positive slope of the yield ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE | THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016

... income it makes sense to compare it to the alternative. "Depending on the jurisdiction investors can use either government debt or the corporate bond level in their own jurisdiction to then benchmark infrastructure against. That method works for the ...

NAB dispels housing bubble "toil and trouble"

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016

... highest household debt in the world, and that this was theoretically "vulnerable to shock" - but that corporate and government debt were relatively low, reducing the likelihood this would occur. Ultimately, Jolly felt that real estate "would fall appreciably" ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016

... central banks will need to implement even more aggressive forms of monetary policy, such as the monetisation of government debt or a 'helicopter drop' of printed money in order to induce inflation. "If such policies were to be implemented, interest rates ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016

... occupied by nations whose fiscal strategy Australia would normally ridicule, namely Italy and France. "General government debt ratios in the advanced economies averaged 106% of GDP at end 2015, up from 72% at end 2007," noted the report as it warned ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016

... down its holdings since 2014 to allow its currency to rise. China's debt holdings account for only about 4% of US government debt. Eighty percent is held by US citizens or in intragovernment debt instruments.

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016

... high-speed train lines and improving facilities at ports for tourist cruise ships, noted the Japan Times. Japan's government debt is already 230% of the nation's GDP, making it the most indebted nation in the world. Greece's government debt to GDP ratio ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016

... 2014 it was $319 billion and at 30 June 2013 it was $257 billion - meaning that each financial year commonwealth government debt is increasing by $50-60 billion, an amount that broadly matches each year's commonwealth government budget deficit. Diminishing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016

... risk "the constitutional and economic integrity of the U.K." (S&P) and "it would lead to a rise in the ratio of government debt/GDP, increase the size of the U.K.'s external balance sheet and potentially generate uncertainty in the banking system, for ...

QSuper calms super raid fears

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016

QSuper has reiterated the Queensland budget is not drawing from the superannuation fund's money to reduce government debt and invest in infrastructure. Among the budget aftermath QSuper chief executive Michael Pennisi explained that a government proposal ...

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Another MWL adviser banned over Shield collapse

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

ASIC has banned another MWL Financial adviser Nicole Niu from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business for a period of five years.

Warakirri, LongView launch home equity strategy

MATTHEW WAI

Warakirri Asset Management and LongView are partnering to bring a new shared equity co-investment fund exclusively to wholesale investors seeking access to Australia's residential property market.

Swedish PE giant sweetens offer bid for Perpetual

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

EQT AB has sweetened its offer bid for Perpetual, after the financial services firm rejected the unsolicited takeover bid from the Swedish private equity giant earlier in the month.

Igneo opens private infrastructure strategy to advised investors

VINNY VUCAGO

Igneo Infrastructure Partners has launched its first private infrastructure fund for advised and wholesale investors in Australia.

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