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Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... critical factor for investment success. "Within the EMD universe, investible risk factors include currencies, local interest rates, and sovereign and corporate spreads," Godfrey said. "While we are medium-to-long-term investors, the situation in global ...

CBA profit takes hit, dividend cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... was able to make some gains due to the divestment of its wealth businesses which offset some losses due to lower interest rates and COVID-19. "We have now substantially divested our wealth management businesses in line with our simpler, better bank strategy," ...

Rejigging retirement income: First Sentier Investors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Minbatiwala said that retirement income solutions were relatively easy in an old regime where there were higher interest rates and a number of asset classes providing sufficient level of income to meet the needs. "Now the challenge has changed and what ...

Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... the end of March next year, Lawless believes the medium term outlook remains skewed to the downside. "Record low interest rates, government support and loan repayment holidays for distressed borrowers have helped to insulate the housing market from a ...

Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... cash or government bonds as an alternative store of value has collapsed again thanks to the renewed collapse in interest rates and bond yields," Oliver added. Gold therefore has further upside, he said, until central banks start to tighten and bond yields ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... responded to the survey thought that global bank gold holdings would increase." And why wouldn't they? With interest rates at near-zero, zero, or even negative, the opportunity cost of holding gold is basically nil. The still uncertain outlook brought ...

Chief economist update: Second wave comes to Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... will not hesitate to take additional easing measures if necessary, and also it expects short- and long-term policy interest rates to remain at their present or lower levels."

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... to stick to its own plan, it also reviewed some alternative monetary policy options, one of which was negative interest rates. "There has been no change to the board's view that negative interest rates in Australia are extraordinarily unlikely. Our ...

Xinja dabbles in US stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... Xinja founder and chief executive Eric Wilson said Dabble offers investors an alternative option in a time when interest rates remains low. "We are offering low cost, easy access via the Dabble platform, and the option to buy a portion of a share, which ...

Chief economist update: BOJ takes breather on stimulus sprint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... will not hesitate to take additional easing measures if necessary, and also it expects short- and long-term policy interest rates to remain at their present or lower levels." This is understandable given the sprint of policy stimulus measures the Japanese ...