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ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... increased volatility over the past few years as economies experienced higher inflation and the end of ultra-low interest rates, combined with the increased concentration risk in global equity indices, is driving financial advisers and investors to rethink ...

Future Fund posts 10.1% annual return, surpassing benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... largely due to the strength of the US economy and the adjustments of consumers and business to higher inflation and interest rates. "Markets have priced in this economic resilience and expectations of several rate cuts in Australia and the US before ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... there is no real evidence that buybacks are taking over from dividends," Lofthouse said. Lofthouse said higher interest rates have played a role in the decline of buybacks. He said when debt is cheap it makes sense for companies to borrow more and use ...

S&P/ASX200 tipped to hit 8300: VanEck

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... recent months. In the past two and a half years however, they traded between 6500 and 7500 weighed down by soaring interest rates, stagnate earnings growth, and fears of an imminent recession. Trading at about 7688 this morning, the S&P/ASX200 is expected ...

Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... wait here in Australia. Powell said recent US inflation data had not given policymakers enough confidence to ease interest rates soon, noting that the Fed may need to keep rates higher-for-longer than previously thought. This was a backflip from Powell ...

Betashares plans to launch first 'moderately geared' ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... calls for investors," Betashares said. "Due to the structure of the funds, investors benefit from institutional interest rates that Betashares is able to access, which are typically significantly lower than those available to individual investors seeking ...

Morningstar warns of stretched valuations in Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... market has surprised on the upside, with equity investors looking through the malaise to the green pasture of lower interest rates," Morningstar director of equity research Mathew Hodge said. However, he cautioned that the market's enthusiasm might be ...

IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... bonds. "This makes them more vulnerable to rising rates and economic downturns. With the recent rise in benchmark interest rates, our analysis indicates that more than one-third of borrowers now have interest costs exceeding their current earnings," ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Rising interest rates and weak disposable income growth have caused housing affordability to drop to its lowest point in decades, according to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) senior economists. The economists pointed out that Australian Bureau ...

Powell confirms rate cuts likely 'at some point' this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... reiterated that the better than forecast US economic performance gives the FOMC time to let data guide policy, but that interest rates will likely be cut at some point this year," Commonwealth Bank associate economist Harry Ottley said. "Fed chair Jerome ...
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