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Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... gauge - only inching up to 1.5% in the year to the December 2017 quarter (from 1.4% in the previous period), the US central bank could afford to remain gradual and gentle towards policy normalisation. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... become lower even more. Instead of speculating over exit strategies and taper, the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank may find themselves expanding their stimulus measures in order to cheapen their respective currencies versus the US dollar. ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... market. But Japan still needs a weaker yen if it's to get to the promise land of 2% inflation. To be sure, the Japanese central bank expects the core inflation rate (all items less fresh food) to rise from 0.8% in 2017 to 1.4% this year and 1.8% in 2019- ...

Supervised Investments wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Supervised Investments was awarded a global fixed income mandate by an Australian boutique multi-manager. Alpha Fund Managers made an investment in Supervised Investments' Global Income Fund, which invests in a portfolio of debt securities including ...

Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
The US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and other central banks have signalled they too will pare stimulatory measures introduced in the wake of the GFC, all of which has significant consequences for money managers in 2018. The Reserve Bank ...

J.P. Morgan wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's unconstrained global fixed income strategy has received a key investment from an Australian boutique multi-manager. Alpha Fund Managers invested in the JPMorgan Global Bond Opportunities Fund with a view to "enhancing ...

Global wealth manager champions embattled digital currencies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
One of the world's largest independent wealth management firms will introduce a cryptocurrency app, despite recent price slumps and having labelled it "a major gamble". deVere Group announced the launch of deVere Crypto which will allow users to store ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... throughout the forecast period, and on the Term Funding Scheme (TFS); all three of which are financed by the issuance of central bank reserves." Read, QE will stay at least until 2020. As for interest rates: The BOE's projections show that the Bank Rate ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... bond yields, after the release of the minutes of the ECB's December meeting prompted speculations that the European Central Bank would start tapering its policy stimulus sooner-than-expected. Weidmann couldn't be anymore clearer: "The governing council ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... core PCE price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - remains below (1.5% in the year to November) the US central bank's 2.0% inflation target. This is underscored by Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank president Neel Kashkari's tweet, "I, for one ...