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Value investing a likely winner: Maple-Brown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... a barrage of bad news and sustained focus on negatives, there are compelling facts, trends and activities that could surprise bearish commentators. "Today's environment presents a perfect storm of factors set to mislead decision makers in these aspects ...

RBA lifts cash rate to 1.85%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... rising rates, and falling real wages. Citi Index market analyst Tony Sycamore called the latest RBA decision a dovish surprise relative to expectations. However, while the door remains open for future rate hikes to return inflation within the targeted ...

US enters recession - or does it?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... year's historic economic growth - and regaining all the private sector jobs lost during the pandemic crisis - it's no surprise that the economy is slowing down as the Federal Reserve acts to bring down inflation." Biden went on to tout the nation's ...

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 ...

ETF flows up despite volatility: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... returns. Vanguard Australia's head of ETF capital markets Asia Pacific Minh Tieu said: "The fall in industry AUM is no surprise given the level of volatility plaguing global markets this year, but we're encouraged to see net inflows are still positive ...

SEC fines UBS Financial Services over fraud charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... interest of their clients. When investors suffered losses, many of them, along with their financial advisors, expressed surprise and closed their YES accounts," the SEC said. "Advisory firms are obligated to implement appropriate policies and procedures ...

Arrowpoint Capital launches $100m corporate debt fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
The Australian-based corporate lender aims to take advantage of the large funding gap that exists between what the major banks can provide and the strong and growing demand from corporate borrowers. Its inaugural fund has been underpinned by more than ...

Investors Mutual, Vaughan Nelson partner

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... economic times - it's just not a condition where everything does well." But Wallis said the conditions don't surprise him and volatility doesn't scare him. "We're not very surprised. We've invested in these climates and it's not ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... experience. The present economic climate stands to prove how true that is. Given the events of recent years, it's no surprise there is a vacuum of experience in dealing with issues we haven't seen in some time, Lifespan Financial Planning chief executive ...

Reserve Bank fallout after hawkish pivot

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
Yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia surprised markets by lifting the cash rate target for the first time in over a decade. The decision to raise rates 25 basis points to 0.35% came as the RBA sought to withdraw the extraordinary monetary support ...