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Asset manager eyes Australian market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... partnered with Brookvine as it tries to tap institutional and wholesale investors in Australia and New Zealand for its high yield fund. Moneda Asset Management is the largest dedicated investor in Latin American high yield debt with USD$2.8 billion invested ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... domestic monetary policy based on our domestic conditions and outlook, not on global circumstances. But as the inverted US yield curve forewarns, America would be in recession 12-18 months from today. This outlook explains why despite low to very low ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... such similar expectations for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). With the BOJ's policy rate currently at negative 0.1% and its "yield curve control" measure keeping the yield on 10-year JGBs at "around zero percent", the Japanese central bank cannot lower ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... markets recent rally is that on a relative basis the domestic economy's outlook fares relatively better than the US (yield curve inversion predicts a coming recession); the low growth economies of the Eurozone and Japan and though it's at par ...

J.P. Morgan wins custody mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... with J.P. Morgan with a new mandate. Neuberger Berman used J.P. Morgan as custodian when it launched its $413 million high-yield fixed income listed investment trust last year. It is now expanding the relationship to appoint J.P. Morgan to provide custodian ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... least once this year have been mounting because the global slowdown is beginning to hit closer to home, with the inverted US yield curve predicting a looming recession. This has been underscored by the latest disappointing US employment report - up by ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... negative impact on already slowing global growth, and the rising likelihood of a US recession (as indicated by the inverted yield curve) make this a real possibility. Governor Philip Lowe's statement after the conclusion of the RBA's June 4 board ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... admonitions to the Fed to cut interest rates were correct all along, their hefty prices to pay for the looming US recession. The yield differential between the yield on US 10-year Treasuries and 3-month US bills - the best predictor of US recessions ...

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... equities and investment-grade debt securities. Meanwhile, the income-based strategy seeks to provide exposure to income and yield-generating investments across asset classes, such as high dividend-paying domestic and international equities, investment ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Inflation is dead! Bond markets celebrate! News headlines have picked up on the fall and fall in the yield offered by 10-year US Treasuries. The yield closed at 2.24% overnight, down from 2.26% the day before - the lowest since September 2017. But the ...