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Geopolitical risks to drive infra investments: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... markets to balance geopolitical risk and macroeconomic volatility. Some 47% of investors referenced diversification, inflation hedging and resilience as their primary motivations for allocating to private markets. Investors said infrastructure equity ...

Retirement lifestyle costs continue to rise: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... digital costs, we're seeing heightened price pressures on some essential goods and services. This quarter brought above-inflation increases in private health insurance, electricity, and fresh food," Delahunty added. "We continue to see steep cost-of-living ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... both a risk and an opportunity. At the same time, nine funds cited volatility and uncertainty as major concerns, with inflation also highlighted as a key factor shaping the outlook for the year. AustralianSuper was the only Australian superannuation ...

Ausbil launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... conditions. The fund also aims to produce a consistent income stream and franking credits for investors that grows with inflation. Ausbil chief executive Mark Knight said: "This milestone marks a significant step in making our income-focused strategies ...

RBA 'alert' to impact of tech on the economy: Bullock

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... pursue our monetary policy mandate," Bullock said. "What might these shifts mean for productivity, potential growth and inflation dynamics? Could they alter the labour market or expand the economy's supply capacity without generating inflationary pressure? ...

Schroder urges 'open dialogue' with government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... AustralianSuper members are invested- targets CPI plus 4%. That's a benchmark designed to grow members' savings ahead of inflation."

Investors want regulatory clarity on digital assets: Binance

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... has become increasingly helpful as a hedge, or a digital counterpart to gold, amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, inflation concerns and falling interest rates. This bullish sentiment has led to half of the surveyed users (49.4%) planning to increase ...

Real estate private credit market tips towards $153bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... interest margins." Overall, CapitaLand believes Australia's market remains broadly resilient, supported by a "stabilising" inflation outlook, tighter labour data, and the ongoing inbound migration. Additionally, it noted that ASIC is supportive of private ...

Inflation hits highest level in over a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... months to July 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 2.8% annual CPI inflation to July was up from 1.9% to June. This is the highest annual inflation rate since July 2024, following several months of ...

Commonwealth Super delivers 'resilient' performance for FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... retirement," the super fund said. The target return for the fund's various investment options this year was 5.6%, based on an inflation rate of 2.1%. In FY24, CSC's default MySuper investment option delivered a healthy 9.1% return over the past financial ...