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Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
... will be dictated by a few macro factors, the most dominant of which will be the path that the US Fed takes with interest rates. "Obviously everyone is concerned about the trade wars with China and the US but I think that is a much smaller consideration ...

MYEFO sees bond issuance drop

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... fixed interest holdings relative to Australian fixed interest may reflect anticipated falls in Australian official interest rates which would also likely lead to increases in the portfolio value of local bonds, Rainmaker said. Despite capital markets ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... re-consider its pronouncement of being "data-dependent" - which, I think is moot (it wouldn't continue raising interest rates if the data shows the US is heading for deflation would it?) - but more, Trump tweet dependent. We'll soon hear and ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... indicator. The authors found that a change in the yield-curve slope, thanks to monetary policy easing measured by real-interest rates and its expected movement, is associated with an increase in the probability of a future recession within the next year. ...

Markets could delay retirement plans

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... next 12 months may have to delay their plans as lackluster share market returns, falling property prices and low interest rates obstruct their wealth. Recent research by Roy Morgan found Aussies would retire with an average gross wealth (total assets ...

Chief economist update: ECB bids farewell to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
The European Central Bank (ECB) delivered on its promise. While it kept interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 0%; deposit facility rate at -0.4%; marginal lending facility rate at 0.25% - at its December 13 Governing Council meeting, it also confirmed ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... after gaining 2.3% in July. This suggests that the Fed could use this as a reason/excuse to go slow/pause future interest rates increases after announcing the last 25 basis point hike for 2018 next week. Recall recent Fedspeak about the US central bank ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... previous one) and... after months of sanguine Brexit news (so much so, that the BOE was confident enough to lift interest rates in August), a Brexit agreement is now looking further away as the final divorce in three months' time gets closer. Australia's ...

Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... invests in Aussie government bonds, semi-government bonds, offshore bonds, and derivatives to gain exposure to non-interest rates. It is rated by Zenith and Lonsec. Fidante had its sights set on listing Australia's first active fixed income ETF. ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... 3.1%). The question going forward is what's the Fed going to do going forward. Some say, it would ease raising interest rates while others think it's now close to "neutral" (whatever that neutral rate is). Sure, we can extrapolate to our hearts ...