INTEREST RATES

Expert Analysis

Geopolitics will be an ongoing source of volatility for markets but there are opportunities for advisers to find assets that will generate investment returns that clients...

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Expert Analysis

Anthony Doyle finds that lowering interest rates does not always increase spending on consumption....

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Funds management

The Government has been told by two veteran fund managers it needs to look beyond the use of monetary policy if it wants to appropriately stimulate the Australian economy...

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Funds management

Nearly half of investors do not expect the US/China trade war to be resolved, according to a global fund manager survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch....

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Funds management

Global markets are entering a ‘late cycle’ phase, as demonstrated by interest rate cuts, according to RARE Infrastructure....

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Superannuation

The country’s ranking in old-age dependency, interest rates, tax pressure, and government indebtedness all dropped in 2019, according to Natixis....

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Financial planning

With the cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia, investors are looking to cash or enhanced cash funds in order to achieve better returns while maintaining...

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Funds management

With the Reserve Bank’s June rate cuts intended in part to stimulate consumer spending, a dive into FE Analytics reveals which funds stand to gain the most from an uptick...

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Financial planning

Yesterday’s confirmation that Australia’s economy was at its weakest since the global financial crisis in 2009 should serve as a warning to the public to protect their lo...

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Financial planning

Australians should be focused on how to protect their long-term financial security ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision on interest rates tomorrow....

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Financial planning

Fitch Ratings believes that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority proposals could slightly raise risk within mortgage portfolios where borrowers are granted mort...

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Expert Analysis

Over the past few decades, Australian companies have enjoyed watching the price of money get cheaper – due to a low and falling bond yield environment – but there are sig...

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Expert Analysis

Evan Tsipas writes that, despite myths to the contrary, rising interest rates can benefit many consumers if they position themselves appropriately to financially capitali...

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Funds management

Investors should stick to discipline in their bond portfolios as the bond markets have already priced in interest rates hikes, according to PIMCO....

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Property

New research from Roy Morgan showed that 345,000 mortgage holders do not have any real equity in their homes....

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