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Alternatives to top $33tn by 2028

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... of 2028, from US$1.6 trillion in 2022, an annualised growth rate of 6% over the period. According to Preqin, this rate is lower than the double-digit annualised growth between 2016 to 2022, as real estate investments are expected to be hampered by concerns ...

Life insurance industry profits double, premiums rise: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... premium costs has contributed to lapse rates starting to increase. Having said that, the lapse rates in 2022 were still lower than in 2019, which shows a resilience in the industry."

BlackRock unveils new gold ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... physical gold at a low cost. Priced at 18 basis points (or 0.18%), GLDN reflects the fund manager's commitment to providing lower-cost investment solutions, together with a range of core index building blocks and other portfolio offerings, BlackRock ...

Challenger posts record annuity sales

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... 4% to $945 million, reflecting higher lifetime annuity sales and fixed term annuity sales of two years or more, offset by lower one-year fixed term annuity sales. Further, retail one-year fixed term annuity sales decreased 25% to $260 million, and retail ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... to the Vote in question, Chalmers said too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being left behind, with lower life expectancy, higher rates of disease and infant mortality, and fewer opportunities for education and training. "The current ...

RBA's multi-channel approach curbs inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... current and expected future policy rates impact economic activity and inflation. "A rise in interest rates contributes to lower asset prices. This is because asset prices - for shares, bonds and housing - depend on the discounted value of the expected ...

Fixed income expected to be hotter than stocks: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... selected a predictable income stream, followed by the return on capital, diversification benefits, and the fact that bonds are lower risk than equities. Commenting on the research, MPG chief executive Jeremy Leach said: "Bond markets suffered a bloodbath ...

Housing crisis costing Australia $64bn: Aware

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... every level of government to help reduce the cost of building these essential, affordable housing developments, to help lower the bar to entry for institutional investors," she said. "Broad-based availability payments or other tax offsets would also ...

Bullock keeps cash rate at 4.10%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... the drivers behind higher levels of inflation. "If you exclude these items, underlying inflation in the year to August was lower than it was in the year to July," he said. "Price inflation across these more volatile categories is being driven by supply-side ...

Global small caps outperform Aussie counterparts: SSGA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... says global small cap companies have consistently bested their Australian counterparts, offering higher annual returns and lower volatility. The US$3.6 trillion asset manager noted that the MSCI World Small Caps Index has yielded an 8.39% annual return ...