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Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... unchanged at 2.2% in the year to September, inflation expectations - based on the yield differential between 10-year nominal US bonds and the 10-year TIPS is at 1.95% (a smidgen off the Fed's 2% target). Speaking of which, consensus expectations ...

Colonial First State to cut tobacco by 2020

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... confident that it will meet the 2020 deadline. We are mandating that our fund managers sell out of their tobacco stocks and bonds over 2019, and will be prohibiting them from investing in tobacco producers in the future," a spokesperson for CFS said. ...

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... expectations beget higher actual inflation. US inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between nominal US bonds and TIPs - haven't risen sharply. The differential on the 5-year's currently at 2.1% from 1.9% at the start ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... expectations beget higher actual inflation. US inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between nominal US bonds and TIPs - haven't risen sharply. The differential on the 5-year's currently at 2.1% from 1.9% at the start ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... all the talk over surging US inflation, inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between nominal US bonds and TIPs - haven't risen sharply. The differential on the 5-year's currently at 2.1% from 1.9% at the start of 2018 ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... high and volatile inflation." Read: strong growth with stable and low inflation. But with the yield on 10-year US Treasury bonds surging by 12 bps to 3.18% - the highest rate since mid-2011 - overnight, the bond market doesn't seem to be completely ...

Glut of underperformance in managed funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... period ending 30 June 2018, almost 90% of international equity funds and more than 70% of Australian equity, Australian bonds and A-REIT funds underperformed their respective benchmarks on an absolute basis. The exception was Australian mid and small ...

Australian Unity's wealth business grows

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... business designed to streamline operations and reduce capital usage, as well as strong growth in property and investment bonds segments," the report said. The independent and assisted living business generated $423 million in total revenue, down from ...

Nikko expands green bond capability

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
The global asset manager has widened the investment universe for its green bonds strategy, as it expands capabilities in the asset class. The mandate for Nikko Asset Management's global green bond strategy now allows it to invest in sovereign, supranational ...

Industry super fund commits to green bonds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... Francisco and King County as founding signatories to the Green Bond Pledge. The pledge is set to see LGS declare that all bonds financing long-term infrastructure and capital projects will address environmental impacts and climate risks. For cities ...