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Aura Group launches multi-asset solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
A new fund from Aura Group will give wholesale investors an institutional framework for multi-asset investment portfolios. The Aura Multi-Asset Fund has been seeded by the Aura's principals and aims to minimise the risk of substantial negative performance ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in September, up 8.2% over the last year. Increases in the shelter, food, and medical care indexes were the largest of many contributors to the monthly seasonally adjusted all items increase. Though, these ...

Time to throw out the antiquated lifetime annuity mindset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
Lifetime annuities have often been set and forget products - very stable, very predictable and linked to one asset with total inflexibility - but that's completely changed, Generation Life chief executive Grant Hackett said. The perception of traditional ...

RBA signals further interest rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Phillip Lowe has said the board will do what's necessary to ensure inflation in Australia returns to target. At its meeting yesterday, the board increased the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 2.35%. "The ...

Ampol to sell 49% of Z Energy Properties to Charter Hall

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
Ampol said Charter Hall's Retail REIT (CQR) will acquire a 49% interest in properties owned by its wholly owned subsidiary, Z Energy, for NZ$132 million. Z Energy will keep a 51% stake and the transaction is expected to complete in October. A statement ...

China records historic trade surplus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
China has posted a record high trade surplus after another month of strong exports; however, headline inflation continued its upward trend. Chinese exports exceeded market expectations again in July, supported by shipments to ASEAN and the European ...

US inflation drops to 8.5%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
US inflation has eased to 8.5% from its historic 40-year peak of 9.1%, recorded in June. The drop beat market expectations of 8.7% and comes as a welcome relief for the Biden government. The reason for the fall is a slowdown in rising energy prices. ...

Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
The US Federal Reserve raised its policy interest rate by 0.75 basis points to 2.5% and indicated further increases will likely be appropriate. Explaining the decision, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said: "From the standpoint of our congressional ...

CPI rises, IMF lowers global outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
Australia's annual CPI inflation grew to 6.1% in the June quarter, slightly below the consensus forecast of 6.3%. Consumer prices rose 1.8% this quarter, again less than the 1.9% forecast. "Annual CPI inflation increased 6.1% in the June quarter ...

Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
The unemployment rate has fallen to 3.5%, the lowest level since 1974, and near-record inflation hasn't subsided, leading experts to believe that aggressive rate hikes will continue. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed the number of ...