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IMF flags 'drawn out' inflation battle in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects global inflation will continue it's decline, but Australia will buck the trend. In its more recent World Economic Outlook (WEO), the IMF said headline global inflation is expected to fall to 3.8% in 2026 ...

Geoeconomic conflicts, extreme weather threaten global stability: WEF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... further destabilise businesses and societies. This incidentally leads to concerns over an economic downturn, rising inflation and potential asset bubbles as countries face high debt burdens and volatile markets. "In a world already weakened by rising ...

Replace capital gains discount with income averaging: e61

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... that simply lowering or abolishing the discount is not the answer. "The discount is intended to address the impact of inflation and the lumpiness of gains, which can push low and middle-income Australians into higher tax brackets in a single year. Any ...

Maple-Brown Abbott partners to launch global infra fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... clients through a deep focus on specialist investment management. We focus on core infrastructure with lower volatility, inflation protection, and income stability," he said. "Leveraging the technology and business infrastructure provided by Pacific ...

Robust demand keeps SDA, PBSA assets firmly on investors' radar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... he explained the opportunities arising from SDA assets. "Opportunities such as SDA, which offer defensive yield with inflation-linked growth and exposure to additional equity upside as the sector matures, are a good addition to most portfolios and complement ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President." The timing coincides with US inflation data, which was released overnight, showing headline inflation rose by 0.3% in December, with the all-items annual rate holding ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
New research predicts that Australia's inflation rate will surge in 2026 and highlights that the country was left relatively unscathed by the US tariff shocks. According to the United Nations' (UN) latest World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 ...

Global X reveals 2025 top performing ETF asset classes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... ETF asset classes in 2025, saying investors gravitated towards real assets amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty, inflation concerns and accelerating electrification trends. Gold-related ETFs led returns, with gold miners and physical precious metals ...

Rest returns 'healthy' 9.22% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... conditions largely playing out as Rest's investment team expected - with resilient but slowing economic growth, moderating inflation and higher-for-longer interest rates. "Global share markets continued to be the leading drivers of investment performance ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... 3.4% in the 12 months to November 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.4% annual CPI inflation to November was down from 3.8% to October," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said. The largest contributor ...