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TelstraSuper releases retirement income solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... retirement income over their later years. The strategy must account for several risks such as longevity, investment, inflation, and any other risks that threaten the sustainability and stability of the retirement income. KPMG forecasts that over the ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
The rise and rise of measured inflation across the globe has had financial markets bring forward rate hike expectations, and for good reasons. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) started proceedings at its 6 October meeting when it doubled the official ...

Investors fear impact of rising inflation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
Retail investors are concerned that inflation will have negative impacts on their portfolios but are split when it comes to making changes because of this, new research shows. Investment trading platform eToro's latest quarterly global Retail Investment ...

Economic recap: Week to October 29

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... unleashed pent-up demand for goods and services. But given the current problems with supply constraints, this has also sent inflation soaring. New Zealand's annual inflation rate soared to 4.9% in the third quarter of this year (from 3.3% in the ...

eToro expands crypto offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... as a way to diversify their portfolios beyond traditional assets like stocks, in order to hedge against risks such as inflation." Still, he urged investors to keep in mind that crypto is a highly volatile asset class. "Investors should remember the basic ...

Future Fund hits $199 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... up in 2006." He added that the return was pleasing given cooling markets in September and uncertainty globally around inflation and monetary and fiscal policies. "Given this environment the board has taken a prudent approach to positioning the portfolio ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... - that every other central bank around the planet were hopin' and wishin' and prayin' for consumer price inflation to, at the very least, move higher to within their expressed targets. These targets were generally in the vicinity of around ...

Scariest themes for investors revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... the conference] from Citi's clients signals they are wrestling with many macro and micro risks. Topics such as higher inflation, a slowdown in China and the impact of higher energy prices were front of mind during the conference," Citi Australia head ...

Economic recap: Week to October 15

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... same day of the release, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that remains on the up and up. The annual headline inflation rate increased to a 13-year high of 5.4% in September from 5.3% in the previous month, core inflation steadied at 4.0% but ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Combine economic stagnation and rising inflation and what do we get? We get stagflation -- the financial markets' fear du'jour. It had been nearly half a century ago when the global economy have had its last encounter with stagflation. he first ...