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Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... its quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) first, with negative interest rates, and later expanded to "with yield curve control". The BOJ's target rate had been negative 0.1% since January 2016 and in September of the same year, the BOJ ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... that the current global slowdown would morph into a recession. This is underscored by the deepening inversion in the US yield curve, presaging a US recession in 12-18 months' time. The yield differential between the US 10-year Treasury bond had been ...

Nikko insto sales lead joins $53bn manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... commitment to the region, including retail distribution partner GSFM, which has distributed the Epoch Global Equity Shareholder Yield fund locally for 12 years. "In addition to his knowledge of the specific needs of investors in that region [Australia ...

Chief economist update: Fed cut and Trump's war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
The US Federal Reserve gave markets exactly what they were expecting - a 25 basis point reduction in the Fed funds rate at the conclusion of its July FOMC meeting - but instead of revving up the risk on trade, it was risk off. Equity markets fell. The ...

Boutique manager hires investment banking expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
The former managing director of RBC Capital Markets has left to join an alternatives asset manager with $4.6 billion of funds under management. Metrics Credit Partners has hired Hamish Mitchell as investment director to lead its loan origination activities ...

Private equity fund raising $300m

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... of $300 million to a pipeline of investment opportunities. It is targeting an internal rate of return of 15% and dividend yield of 3-4% over the life of the trust. Federation Asset Management chief executive Cameron Brownjohn said that stretched equity ...

Buy time ahead for Aussie equities: Tribeca

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... to be held up by lower interest rates, stabilisation of housing prices, tax cuts, political stability and better relative yield proposition, Liu said. "[We] should see our market outperforming regional peers," she said. The long/short fund manager is ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... benchmark certainly makes one wonder especially given the downdraft from slowing global growth momentum (led by the inverted US yield curve's signalling a recession in America) and lingering uncertainties - wars (trade, currencies, tech, nuclear) ...

Vanguard American ETFs cross US$1 trillion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... see a fee reduction of two basis points, to 0.16% per annum. Vanguard has also reduced fees on its Australian Shares High Yield Index Fund by three basis points - moving it to 0.35%. The Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index Fund will see the largest ...

Clime ramps up private wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... West and ASX-listed APN and Elanor Investors Group. "The areas that we are seeing the most enquiries from our clients are yield products, private equity and emerging markets equities," Bristow said. He ruled out starting an Asian equities investment ...