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Cost of retirement in lockstep with inflation: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... executive Glen McCrea said: "The global energy crisis, raw material scarcity, and supply chain disruptions caused by ongoing Covid lockdowns in China are converging to pose significant inflationary challenges globally and here at home." However, despite ...

Altis Property Partners secures $600m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... the firm is delighted to have secured significant backing from "two top-tier global institutional investors." "In a post-COVID, post low-interest rate underwriting environment, the ongoing re-pricing of the various real estate sectors provides a great ...

Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... competitive as it did in the Asian crisis, tech wreck, and the GFC," he noted. He also believes the softening of China's zero Covid policy, which he predicts could come early next year, will also be beneficial in boosting global growth. Oliver added ...

SMSF growth slows, allocations shift

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... remain steady at about 36%, as does property at 16%. In 2020 Rainmaker highlighted that SMSFs were well positioned during COVID-19 due to a large exposure to cash, around 25%. Exposures to cash have since declined, though this is just a continuation ...

AFA posts $273,135 operational loss

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... reserves, and net assets of just under $12 million. Looking at the underlying contributors to the deficit, she stated that Covid had a double-whammy impact; government support payments stopped, and the FPA postponed many events which would normally add ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... insulated from the rapid rise in interest rates." Still, housing values across most of the broad regions remain well above pre-Covid levels, implying most homeowners remain in a positive valuation position relative to their purchase price. Similarly ...

Vicinity Centres head announces retirement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... the company was well positioned to deliver on its long-term growth objectives, Gerber said. "Testament to Vicinity's post-COVID operational and financial recovery, is the Company being the best performing stock in the A-REIT index over the past 12 months ...

Credit Suisse restructures investment bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... been the subject of several scandals in recent years, including the Archegos and Greensill Capital collapses, a breach of COVID rules by its then chair in 2021 and questions around its financial position. Credit Suisse's share price has more than halved ...

Outsourcing is the future: Northern Trust

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... the costs are borne by the scale provider the asset service). "The fourth thing, which is particularly important in a post-covid world, is that you gain resiliency." Paulin said that in a post-COVID environment, there is a huge emphasis placed on operational ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... in 2023. This is the weakest growth profile since 2001, except for the global financial crisis and the acute phase of the Covid pandemic. The IMF also said: "Global inflation is forecast to rise from 4.7% in 2021 to 8.8% in 2022 but to decline to 6.5% ...