| David Neal, CEO of Australia’s $117 billion sovereign wealth fund, gave a speech at the Australian British Chamber of Commerce yesterday. He outlined why the Future Fund, as it is known, prefers to invest mostly offshore.
But he also gave a really clear outline – in just one sentence – why asset returns in the years ahead are likely to be substantially lower than they’ve been over the past few years. Neal said: Since 2008 we have seen unprecedented action by central banks and governments to defend economic growth through quantitative easing and other policies which have had the effect of driving yields down and asset prices up...............................................Full Article: Source
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