In many countries people are now paying more for bonds than they will receive at maturity. These negative interest rates should make it a good time for investment.
It’s been 10 years since the U.S. signed into law a scheme to print money, essentially, and save the financial sector amid the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. Did it work? And who’s truly benefitted?
Tree bonds are set to be introduced by a Melbourne city council to protect city trees. But how do they work and why are they needed?
Without improved state government policies to alleviate stressed industries and communities, Queenslanders’ income and wealth will suffer.
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The Queensland government pays a higher interest rate than Queensland mortgage holders. Plans for both urban and rural rejuvenation need to start with fixing government finances.
Instead, we need to burn the entire system of financial regulation to the ground and replace it with something that supports investing the way it’s done today.
Pension fund managers must consider environmental, social and governance issues when making investment decisions. The student funding crisis is a perfect example of a social issue.
Projects to adapt to climate change have come a long way since the 1960s when piles of cars were used to fight beach erosion.
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To pay for the increasing costs of climate change Australia should have green bonds that finance projects that help us adapt. However research shows there are barriers to financing these bonds.
You’re not the only one in the dark.
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Just like apes, humans fear the unknown, and that’s why there’s so much uncertainty this week as markets brace for an interest-rate decision by the Federal Reserve.
Money is cheap right now, so where are the returns?
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It shouldn’t be up to universities or the government alone to fund students who qualify for tertiary education but can’t afford it. A perpetual bond system could be the answer.
Investors are encouraged to make bad financial decisions from the way that saving products are marketed. New research shows that fixing this is a can of ugly worms.
Lloyds Bank has cancelled a high paying bond to the detriment of many of its savers.
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If you need a reminder of how complex investing in the stock market can be, look no further than the row currently raging between Lloyds Bank and up to 100,000 investors who helped to bail it out in 2009…