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Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... economic effects of the recent changes in fiscal policy." And there's the flavour of the current cycle - the flattening yield curve. Responding to a question by senator Pat Toomey about this and its implication for Fed policy, Powell answered that ...

Chief economist update: Fed funds at five point O

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... accompanying rise in inflation) prompted a series of rate hikes from the Fed so much so that the fed funds rate was higher than the yield on 10-year US Treasuries (yield curve inversion) that was later on followed by the Great Recession. This is one ...

Chief economist update: Minutes of concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... inflation associated with political and economic developments in Europe and some EMEs." There's concern over the flattening yield curve. The yield differential between the 10Y US Treasuries and the 2Y bonds is now down to 28 basis points from 54 ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... With most other developed central banks' interest rates still on hold, rising US rates would raise the US dollar's yield premium, attracting more funds inflow into America. The flipside, of course, is depreciation in the currencies of America's ...

Cbus aims to reduce costs through internalisation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
In a speech at the Master Builders Australia National Leaders Summit in Canberra, Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok said his fund aims to manage at least 35% of its assets internally by 2022, thereby reducing costs by about 18 basis points. ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
When Fed chief Jerome Powell tried to explain the US yield curve's flattening as a function of rising short rates because of the rate hikes (and expectations for more) and a smaller lift in the long-term yields because of safe-haven buying, I questioned ...

Agricultural asset manager promotes new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... their farms without buying more land. "From an investor's point of view, it provides a stable cash flow based on rental yield and avoids much of the volatility that comes with direct exposure to agricultural markets," Sackett said. The fund will ...

Investors drive third SCA unlisted retail fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... retail investors seek exposure to shopping centre assets with long-term anchor assets. Targeting an initial distribution yield of 7.1%, SURF 3 will acquire a $57.9 million portfolio of neighbourhood shopping centres across New South Wales, Queensland ...

Perpetual launches ethical fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... added. This encompasses investment grade bonds with a rating of BBB- and above, supplemented by a smaller allocation to high-yield and unrated bonds. "With interest rates bottoming out in Australia, the timing of the fund's launch means investors ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... meek and mild to a little aggression has got the forward-looking financial denizens spooked. For one, the flattening of the yield curve is ominous. Though it's not yet inverted (one presages a recession), it's heading lower. The yield differential ...