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Chief economist update: ECB keeps it steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
They came, they deliberated, they...well...didn't do anything. At its September 10 meeting, the European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 0.00%; marginal lending facility rate at ...

Chief economist update: RBA increases and extends TFF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... these actions the bank is further supporting the Australian economy through this difficult period". The Australian central bank has gone further in September. While we're already aware of the bank's monthly assurance in its statement that, "The ...

Investors will be forced into equities: DeepData Analytics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Retail investors will be forced further into investing in equities as the hunt for yield continues, despite having felt the hard lessons from this year's market volatility, according to founder and chief executive of DeepData Analytics Mathan Somasundaram. ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The perfect storm of government stimulus and a new breed of retail traders with little investing know-how are resuscitating the share market, but for how long? According to Julia Lee, founder and chief investment officer of Burman Invest, numerous factors ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... "Estimate 3 for 2020-21 is $98,624m. This is -12.6% lower than Estimate 3 for 2019-20." The board of the Australian central bank will meet tomorrow for its monthly monetary policy deliberations. Financial markets expect the RBA to keep settings unchanged. ...

Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... that there is a limit to how much households can cut back on consumption in response to wealth shocks," it said. The central bank said the consequences of household indebtedness seem more likely to manifest through weaker economic growth than large bank ...

REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Global real estate securities are priced competitively compared to asset classes such as equities and bonds, according to a real estate investment specialist with $106.3 billion in global assets under management. Despite the serious headwinds faced ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... 31 mark "makes sense" in the current environment. "We are going through an unprecedented period of government and central bank intervention with extremely low interest rates and high levels of liquidity," he said. "Under normal conditions investors would ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Asset managers slightly increased their risk tolerance in the second quarter of the year in a bid to ride the equity rally, but risk aversion still remains high. That's according to new research from institutional specialist consultant bfinance, which ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... gradual easing of restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity in almost every nation that decided to do so. Central bank and government stimulus measures have prevented an already deep recession from digging deeper which, at the same time ...