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Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... Beauchamp says Australia has one of the highest rainfall variabilities and investors will call on climatologists to give an outlook for individual properties and de-risk climate variability in portfolios. Compiling an agricultural portfolio is similar ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... does not see a strong case for a near-term adjustment in monetary policy," Lowe said. This is consistent with the RBA's outlook that while it expects wages to lift, "it is likely to be only gradual" - that doesn't bode well for household income and ...

Future Fund continues progress yet challenges lay ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... sustained economic growth across the major advanced economies is positive for the near-term, although the longer-term outlook remains challenging. Interest rates globally are poised to begin rising as the world works through surplus capacity," Costello ...

ANZ, NAB bottom lines take a hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
ANZ and NAB painted a bleak profitability outlook for shareholders, flagging massive losses ahead of their 2018 half-year reporting period in early May. ANZ will incur a loss of $632 million from the sale of its life insurance, and pensions and investments ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... "The Australian Labour Force report ranks as one of the most significant indicator and has an important bearing on the outlook for domestic investments. This is because jobs growth and the rate of unemployment give guidance on the state of domestic economic ...

MFS executives create advisory council

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... counsel current investment professionals on a variety of factors including mentoring, leadership, technical training, macro outlook and investment culture. "MFS has historically had low turnover among its investment team members, which has resulted in ...

Chief economist update: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Speculators speculating on the US Federal Reserve's next monetary policy movement should pay close attention to the Beige Book Report. The "book" isn't made up of figures and numbers and stats but instead anecdotal evidence on the state of the US economy. ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... thoughts revealed in the minutes of the 20-21 March FOMC meeting: "A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2% over the medium term, implied ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... sentence alluding to a more aggressive path towards normalisation. "A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2% over the medium term, implied ...

Chief economist update: RBA certain to raise interest rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... While the RBA "expects a further pick-up in the Australian economy", "There are, though, some uncertainties around this outlook, with the main ones lying in the international arena. A serious escalation of trade tensions would put the health of the global ...