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Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... productivity growth has been constrained by a cocktail of factors, including very strong population growth which has led to housing affordability issues, a slowdown in business investment, increased market concentration which has reduced competition ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... target. "The risk of recession remains, particularly in the US if rising bond yields prevent a recovery in manufacturing and housing and in Australia if the RBA leaves rates too high for too long," he said. As for a Trump 2.0 presidency, Oliver said ...

Inflation remains in RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... October. This follows large falls in the previous three months since the introduction of the rebates," Marquardt said. Housing rose 0.2% in the 12 months to October, down from a 1.6% annual rise to September. The large fall in electricity prices mostly ...

Inconsistencies abound in Future Fund mandate change: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... sovereign wealth fund to invest with particular regard to Australia's national priorities - the energy transition, residential housing, and infrastructure. In doing so, it retained the same benchmark return and risk profile. Since its inception in 2006 ...

Swan tells Bragg he won't front parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... Cbus chair Wayne Swan with Chalmers," Bragg said. "Swan has been engaging with the government on behalf of the fund on housing and regulation ­issues. As we could not get satisfactory answers on Swan's Cbus activities, the Senate will have to hear from ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... handed a new mandate, with the government directing it to prioritise investments in the energy transition, residential housing, and infrastructure. The $230 billion sovereign wealth fund has been provided with a new investment mandate and statement of ...

Coalition urges super funds to push for QAR reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... I've always got your back," he said. In addition, Howarth called on super funds to support the Coalition's super for housing agenda as he reassured funds the intent is not to "dismantle" the system. "The scheme created an incentive for young ...

Chalmers teases superannuation update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... week around superannuation and the retirement phase, we will be hosting another investor roundtable on Friday focused on housing and the energy transformation and other matters." While Chalmers did not elaborate on the upcoming superannuation announcement ...

ASIC escalates super fund enforcement in 2025

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... created self-managed super fund and increasingly we are seeing investments described with reference to NDIS-compatible housing, presumably to suggest guaranteed or higher returns due to a purported connection with this government scheme," she said. In ...

Future Fund delivers strong 11.9% return

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... The fund has delivered a 10-year return of 8.2% per annum, outperforming its target of 6.8%. Future Fund added that the Housing Australia Future Fund is now fully invested. Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said it was a strong result which adds ...