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Global equities to grow in 2023: Plato

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... income report, the Sydney-based investment manager stated that income growth was positive in AUD terms. "After 2020's pandemic-driven income cuts, global investors have seen strong growth in dividends across 2021 (+12.8% in AUD) and again in 2022 (+15.8% ...

APAC airports well positioned for recovery: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... infrastructure assets, in particular airport assets in the Asia Pacific region, are continuing to rebound strongly following the pandemic. According a Fitch Ratings' report, the infrastructure sector has the lowest proportion of deteriorating outlooks ...

Australian CPI accelerates to 7.3%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... peaks, they still remain highly elevated and are 94.9% higher than they were in February 2020 prior to the start of the pandemic." Chesler said there are expectations for another 0.25% increase at the Reserve Bank of Australia's first meeting in February ...

Australians neglecting their retirement: Super fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... commissioned by the fund found many are becoming more adventurous in their methods of saving and investing following the pandemic. The survey revealed one in five or 20% invested for the first time in shares, ETFs, NFTs, cryptocurrency, super or other ...

AustralianSuper, Link extend partnership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2022
... share market performance, fund consolidation, and the Federal Government's Early Release Program during the COVID pandemic, Link Group has played a critical and valuable role." AustralianSuper chief operating officer Peter Curtis added the extension ...

Increased scrutiny on private credit

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... strategy and co-head of investments Drew Schardt. "Over the past couple of years, in the lead-up to the onset of the pandemic, we've been through an extremely lender friendly period. Then for the most of last year, it was more of a borrower-friendly ...

Fixed interest themes you can't ignore: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... resources rich countries like Australia. On nationalisation, he said: "When cut-off from the rest of the world during the pandemic, nations' vulnerabilities to supply dislocations and weaknesses in their manufacturing sectors were laid bare. While there ...

Still potential for dividends growth: Ausbil

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... lead to an increase in dividends. "Payout ratios are not stretched as many companies took the opportunity during the pandemic to reduce payout ratios and or rebuild their balance sheets," he commented. "In fact, we see slightly higher payout ratios from ...

Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... mind despite intense inflationary forces. "When supply chain issues and the energy supply constraints arising from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine subside, inflation will come down," he states. Sicilia is not suggesting that interest rates will head ...

Retirement no longer back of mind: Equip

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... in safeguarding their future. Evidently, 39% of Australians consider their super more important now than prior to the pandemic, with around a third saying they think about their retirement plans more often. Equipsuper chief executive Scott Cameron said ...