30 years of investment lessons from Japan, and the implications for real estate

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Imagine a person of prime working age (~40 years old) seeking investment advice for long-term financial security, and ultimately, a comfortable retirement. The potential investment advice may look something like

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QE and low interest rates won’t stimulate the economy: Quay

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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s policy in 2019 of cutting interest rates has done little to stimulate the Australian economy, but any attempt at introducing quantitative easing (QE) in 2020

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Negative bond yields – What does it mean, and what’s the end game?

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Since the beginning of this year, financial markets and expectations have turned decidedly bearish. Concerns about a Sino-US trade war, along with the so-called ‘inversion’ of the US yield curve,

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Aussie QE may be coming, but it will probably do nothing

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Over the past 18 months, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has changed tack from “the next move in interest rates is up” [i] to a dovish bias. So much

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Avant backs Quay Global Investors in global real estate equities

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Bennelong Funds Management’s global real estate manager, Quay Global Investors, has won its first institutional mandate, partnering with Avant, one of Australia’s leading medical defence organisations representing over 78,000 health

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Quay’s strong performance sees rating upgrade

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The Quay Global Real Estate Fund has been upgraded to a recommended rating from Zenith Investment Partners, recognising the fund’s recent strong performance and business growth. The Quay Global Real

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Where profits come from, and the vulnerabilities in Australian corporate earnings

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Key points Equity investors rejoiced in June as the Fed signaled it may cut interest rates – but interest rates do not drive long run equity performance. Profits do. While

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A conservative government, falling interest rates, and new APRA lending guidelines; what now for residential property?

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The RBA recently cut its official interest rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 1.25%. Along with the recent win by the conservative government (that campaigned on

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Modern Monetary Theory, and why you’re still hearing a lot more about it

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Last month we published our take on one of the biggest economic discussions today – Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Most of the public debate to date has centred around the

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Modern Monetary Theory, and why you’re about to hear a lot more about it

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If you’re paying attention to US politics, you may be aware of an emerging new[i] economic theory supported by many US Democrats, including Congress ‘freshman’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. This economic framework

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