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NGS Super to debut retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... challenges that this brings. We should be finding ways to make our members confident in retirement, it's a really important social issue and super funds have got an incredible responsibility to help their members," Previtera said. "From our perspective ...

Some explanations have missed the mark: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe has spoken of the difficulty of navigating his tenure in an era dominated by social media and clickbait, and said he remains confident the bank's decisions supported the population's economic prosperity. In ...

Investing in research generates threefold economic output

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... by ACIL Allen shows that research funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) is varied and has a range of economic, social, environmental, cultural and research capacity impacts. Since some impacts are difficult to quantify and monetise, the economic ...

Ironbark launches global infrastructure fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... direction of our businesses." EagleCrest Infrastructure invests across a range of infrastructure segments such as digital, social, and energy transition. "We fundamentally believe that infrastructure is a long-term asset class," Osorio said. "So, we ...

Ninety-seven super products fail performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
Of the 97 products to fail this year's superannuation performance test, 96 are trustee-directed products - 75% of which are issued by the same four trustees. Released this morning, the 2023 performance test marks the first time trustee-directed ...

RBA considers impact of climate on monetary policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... business/policy cycle. And there is uncertainty around the evolution of technology and the speed with which climate, economic and social systems can adapt." Bullock noted that the April 2023 RBA review examined the role of monetary policy and climate ...

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... shouldn't rely on past performance, 30 years of market history has proved that the impact of geopolitical, economic, and social events on performance is usually short-lived, and markets will typically recover and rise over time." "Looking back over the ...

Charter Hall REIT cops $198m loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... long weighted average lease expiry (WALE) retail out of the total 549. The rest are in industrial and logistics, office, social infrastructure, and agri-logistics. Long WALE retail suffered a 5.3% devaluation year on year to end at $2.9 billion. Agri-logistics ...

Banking sector fears propel family offices towards metals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
Family offices across the globe are increasingly investing in metals as concerns of banking sector instability grows, according to a new study by Tresor Gold. The research was conducted in April among 100 metals and mining investors working for sovereign ...

Fitch downgrades US credit rating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... that interest costs will double by 2033 to 3.6% of GDP. It also estimates a rise in mandatory spending on Medicare and social security by 1.5% of GDP over the same period. Further, Fitch expects government deficit to rise to 6.3% of GDP in 2023, from ...