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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... Yellen's testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress overnight where she discussed 'The Current Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy'. Growth is gaining momentum, inflation remains low and the Fed is carefully monitoring it to determine ...

ARCO Investment Management launches new strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... that there seems to be less immediate upward pressure on short rates in Australia, yet investors remain wary about the outlook for housing and its broader implications for the economy and equity market. "Given these issues, in addition to a number of ...

What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... negotiations create. As per the BOE, "The decision to leave the European Union is having a noticeable impact on the economic outlook... Uncertainties associated with Brexit are weighing on domestic activity, which has slowed even as global growth has ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... there's still Brexit uncertainty. "The decision to leave the European Union is having a noticeable impact on the economic outlook... Uncertainties associated with Brexit are weighing on domestic activity, which has slowed even as global growth has risen ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... expected to prevail in the longer run. However, the actual path of the federal funds rate will depend on the economic outlook as informed by incoming data." While the Fed made no reference to a December rate hike in its October Statement, this is as ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... from 8% to 10% on October 2019. All good but I feel that there's a trick here somewhere. The fine print in the BOJ's 'Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (October 2017)' report says that "The consumption tax hike scheduled to take place in October ...

Equity Trustees enters $5.2bn super fund merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... its international expertise to superannuation solutions "at a time when the industry is increasingly moving to a global outlook." Aon Hewitt Pacific chief executive Steven Gaffney added: "Equity Trustees brings its specialist independent trustee skills ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... International Monetary Fund (IMF) which lifted China's 2017 GDP growth projection to 6.8% in its October World Economic Outlook report - up from 6.6% it forecast in April this year - before easing to 6.5% next year. The roadmap provided in the 19th National ...

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... valuations over the next six to 12 months, and about the same number of advisers (29%) expressed a slightly pessimistic outlook. Many also said they'd like more support in responding to market events they can share with clients. Russell Investments adviser ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... Nikkei's jump. The synchronised upswing in the global economy: This should help underpin Japanese exports. The improved outlook on the Japanese economy and company earnings. In its World Economic Outlook report for October, the IMF upgraded its GDP growth ...