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17 Jan, 2018

Australian REITs, US & China Politics and Interest Rate Normalisation

By |2018-01-17T23:17:17+11:00Jan 17, 2018|Case Study|

On 10th January 2018, financial markets around the world took serious notice of reported “threats” from an unnamed Chinese official to slow down or halt the country’s US Treasury purchases. China, which holds approximately US$1.2 trillion of US Treasuries as part of its US$3.1 trillion in foreign exchange reserves and is America’s biggest creditor, is widely seen to be veiling [...]

17 Jan, 2018

The Looming Rising Interest Rate Environment

By |2018-01-17T23:10:14+11:00Jan 17, 2018|Education|

The official cash rate, mostly because of low wages and poor economic growth, has been standing at 1.5% for 17 months in a row. This does provide organisations with incentives to raise capital at conducive borrowing costs but also depresses investors’ interest income and principle upside risks. However, with the domestic economy beginning to firmly strengthen recently, the cash rate [...]