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Super assets decline despite contributions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... quarter of negative 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 ...

ASIC probes super fund, investment manager greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... 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." ASIC's strategy has three features - enforcing existing laws, including ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... reducing asset prices and introducing much more volatility." "Looking ahead, key issues will be the extent of monetary policy tightening required to achieve inflation targets, how markets will respond to tightening measures, and the impact of fiscal ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... adopted by the major advanced economies in response to the global financial crisis. "Meanwhile, the RBA eased monetary policy from late 2011 because of weaker economic conditions. However, from around 2016, the Bank was balancing the case for a faster ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... inflation is forecast to rise from 4.7% in 2021 to 8.8% in 2022 but to decline to 6.5% in 2023 and to 4.1% by 2024." "Monetary policy should stay the course to restore price stability, and fiscal policy should aim to alleviate the cost-of-living pressures ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... catalyst is that inflation stays high for longer than expected, requiring a larger and more persistent tightening in monetary policy than is currently reflected in financial market pricing. This would exacerbate the risk of a global recession and likely ...

China records historic trade surplus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... maintained that the overtopping of the Chinese governments 3% threshold inflation target would constrain high-profile monetary policy easing, therefore policy rate cuts are unlikely.

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... already in recession or going into recession, and if it does, will it be a shallow recession or a deep one caused by monetary policy error which is a real risk when interest rates are rising sharply?" Whichever way you cut it, this is a tough market ...

RBA lifts cash rate to 1.85%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... the RBA needs to deliver to bring inflation back under control whilst being watchful of the impact that tighter monetary policy is having on economic activity." "Inflation and unemployment data are going to be the two key data points that the RBA monitors ...

Equities challenged but opportunities are there

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... developed country central banks were late in recognising just how great a challenge inflation would prove for monetary policy. "By allowing inflation and inflation expectations to escape the realm of being within their ability to comfortably manage without ...