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Super system shields against macro storm: Fundie

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... the US. "I think it's really a difficult call," he said. "The existential question at the moment is how far central banks will have to push interest rates to get inflation under control. And the higher they push interest rates, the bigger the risk ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... global recession." "The RBA's hand is likely to be forced by increasingly aggressive tightening actions by other central banks. This means the cash rate will likely need to be raised steadily in the near future with a likely pause early 2023 as the ...

Sovereign wealth funds increase investment horizons, private market exposure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... investment officers, heads of asset classes and senior portfolio strategists at 81 sovereign wealth funds, and 58 central banks, managing a combined US$23 trillion also found that allocations to fixed income fell, while equity allocations increased. ...

Super assets decline despite contributions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... quarterly ROR, as investment markets have suffered losses predominantly due to tightening monetary policy by many central banks globally, continuing uncertainty largely related to the conflict in Ukraine, pressures from disrupted supply chains and weaker ...

Industrial property ensures big wins for TelstraSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... be to increase rather than reduce risk," he explained. However, he thinks inflation will be persistent and that central banks will continue to be aggressive. "The combination of inflation and higher interest rates is going to have a meaningful impact ...

Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... Australia due to energy prices not doubling as we've seen in Europe. Wage growth remaining lower, money tightening by central banks (risking a sharp slowing in global growth and inflationary pressure) as well as US upstream price pressure slowing will ...

ASIC probes super fund, investment manager greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... demand enormous investment, which will be channelled through the markets and entities regulated by ASIC." Longo said central banks "now suggest that climate policy sits alongside fiscal and monetary policy, as the third pillar of macro-economic policy." ...

Central banks to tighten on all sides: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
All eyes are on the Fed as it's set for another fourth straight 75bp hike, and central banks are taking a "whatever it takes" approach to pushing inflation back down to their targets, according to the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). The European ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... cash rate steady. Survey participant and University of Sydney associate professor Mark Melatos said: "Like most central banks, the RBA was slow to recognise the inflation threat and its policy settings need to catch-up to the inflation reality." "Moreover ...

Global X drops management fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... that while he understands fixed income markets are difficult globally, given the toll inflation and coordinated central banks rate action is taking on markets and the broader economy, he still sees opportunities. The Global X US Treasury Bond ETF (Currency ...