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Retirees doing it tough: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
ASFA's latest insights show the annual increase in the cost of living for some retirees is the largest seen in 12 years. According to ASFA's Retirement Standard figures for the March quarter, Australians aged around 65 living a comfortable retirement ...

Charter Hall, VFMC commence $460m office build

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... accelerated approvals strategy to drive investment, create jobs and keep construction moving to strengthen our continued economic recovery." "We are not only supporting the Victorian construction industry and its workers, but also boosting local economies ...

What the election result means for ESG

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
Increased support for the Australian Greens and climate-focused independent 'teal' candidates, signals that governments will no longer only be held accountable by traditional metrics like growth, employment, and productivity, but also by progress against ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... likely be implemented in the coming months. As has been the case in prior meetings participants again agreed that the economic outlook was highly uncertain. Developments associated with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and COVID related lockdowns in China ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... calling for superannuation to be voluntary for those on low incomes. "Superannuation is a significant failure of Australian economic policy," Bragg asserted. "It doesn't get many people off the pension; it costs the budget more than it saves and it reduces ...

Total super assets grow to $3.4tn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... 2022, a 16% increase compared to the same period last year. "The growth in contributions is largely reflective of strong economic growth over the past year," APRA said. "The government's large fiscal stimulus in response to the onset of the COVID pandemic ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... always be opportunities for long term growth, but it is critical for investors to understand when pivotal moments of economic change require a more patient and defensive approach to portfolio management," he says. In recent years, as advisers dealt with ...

Pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
Billionaire wealth soared during and after the pandemic, with a new billionaire created every 30 hours in 2022, a new Oxfam International brief reveals. According to Oxfam, the total wealth of the world's billionaires is now equivalent to 13.9% of global ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... asset management company maintained its expectations for the remaining quarters of the year given the uncertain global economic outlook and rising geopolitical risks. A silver lining, robust Q1 numbers had raised forecasts slightly for the year. For ...

VanEck carbon credits ETF set to hit ASX

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... as well as changes in current and expected future scarcity of carbon credit allowances and the overall level of global economic activity and carbon emissions. A secondary market deals with the trading of carbon credits. Together, the four futures markets ...