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Chief economist update: Little market reaction from BOJ tweak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... guidance for policy rates, and to enhance the sustainability of "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control." The first forward guidance under the new expanded monetary policy regime is: "The Bank intends to maintain ...

Discriminatory bank regulation hits super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
The interest rate paid by banks on short-term deposits in superannuation fund accounts is significantly lower than similar deposits made by SMSFs, and new research estimates as much as $1 billion is being lost in potential retirement savings. According ...

JPMorgan fund excludes tobacco, cuts fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's flagship multi-asset strategy in Australia now excludes tobacco stocks. It also cut its administration fee by five basis points and recently converted to a trust structure. The Australian-domiciled version of the JPMorgan ...

LIT serves up junk bonds to SMSFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
A new listed investment trust is offering SMSF investors an opportunity to invest in high-yield bonds, with an annual net distribution north of 5%. The Neuberger Berman Global Corporate Income Trust will hold about 300 high-yield securities, with the ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... delivered stable growth and similar downside protection," Bostic told Financial Standard. "It has had a low beta, a healthy yield, tended to grow steadily and was resilient to economic sharps," he said. "We identify stocks in our portfolio that can match ...

BNY Mellon partners for new fund, eyes Aussie retail market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... Australian-domiciled global infrastructure fund, as it eyes the retail and adviser market. The Pinnacle BNY Mellon Global Infrastructure Yield Fund will aim to hit 6% in gross yield per annum, at a management fee of 1.15% per annum. It will invest in ...

ESG bond portfolio opens to Aussie investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... industry sectors and use third party ESG ratings to evaluate the potential quality of over 3000 investment grade and high yield bonds," Cameron said. "This process enables us to identify the best ESG rated bonds within each sector as a starting point ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... guidance for policy rates, and to enhance the sustainability of "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control." Yes Virginia, the BOJ has added another tool to try and coax inflation back to life. QQE with YCC has been ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... bank may tweak/change/alter/review its monetary policy operations and/or forward guidance. Speculations that have sent the yield on JGB's soaring and the Japanese yen strengthening. These are outcomes that are certain to negate the central bank's ...

Chief economist update: Boom in the USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... don't really - I am not happy about it." Then again, the Fed would need to be vigilant over the continued flatness of the yield curve. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager ...