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Colonial First State to cut tobacco by 2020

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
Colonial First State has vouched to offload all its tobacco-related investments by 2020, as it signs on to the UN-endorsed Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge. CFS currently has less than 1% of total assets in tobacco-related investments but declined to disclose ...

Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
There's no shortage of rationales explaining the on-going heightened volatility on Wall Street. Throw a dart into a dartboard of reasons and you'll likely to hit a rational one - rising US bond yields, expectations of a more aggressive Fed ...

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... expectations. Higher inflation 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 ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... Well, Trump's correct if you look at the litany of reasons behind the past two-day's sell-off - Fed tightening, bond yield rise, trade war (but of course, he's not going to blame himself), slowing China and global growth, overvaluation, slowing ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... and rise of US bond yields are giving equity investors a run for their money. The increase in the US 10-year Treasury bond yield to around 3.2% has reduced the S&P 500's premium to 3.7% compared with the long-term average of 4.4%. Similarly, the ...

WAM pushes for HHY closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Wilson Asset Management wants to shutter the underperforming Hastings High Yield Fund (HHY) amid the controversy surrounding Aurora Funds Management, which acts as its responsible entity. WAM is setting in motion a general meeting to urge HHY shareholders ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
The FTSE 100 index fell by 0.4% on September 13 - the day when the Bank of England (BOE) met and announced no change in monetary policy settings, keeping the bank rate at 0.75% (after the 25bps lift in August). While the BOE's move was widely expected ...

FPA award finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... the title of FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year is Michael Carmody of Viva Wealth; James McFall of Yield Financial Planning; and VISIS Private Wealth's Chris Smith. Meanwhile, Eureka Whittaker Macnaught, VISIS Private Wealth and ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... or even fear the scourge of 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 ...

Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... positive tailwind for holding Tesla Inc. "The Australian dollar has depreciated [against] the US dollar year to date, the yield differentials are widening and we see the tailwind to continue," she said.