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Classic 60/40 approach underdelivers for women retirees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... retirement they invest their savings in a 60/40 strategy and make minimum drawdowns, with all elements adjusted for inflation over time. For the first 10 years, Monash used 25-year rolling mean returns of 5.59% for equities and 1.23% for bonds. The standard ...

New 100% tariffs on China: Another TACO moment?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... absolutely true that the economic impact of tariffs has been certainly less bad than what many expected, both on activity and inflation, but I think it's early to assume that we haven't seen the worst of it," McCormick said.

Australian economy 'at a crossroads': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... house price movements, the Australian outlook has strengthened. Yet, he said, the path ahead is finely balanced, as inflation has re-emerged as a risk, jobs growth has slowed, and wage gains have eased, while global risks remain high. On the domestic ...

Retail investors want true hedge fund exposure: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... strategies, according to Morningstar. Retail investors see that hedge funds can truly diversify their portfolios amid rising inflation, higher interest rates and greater market dispersion and volatility. Morningstar found that many have turned to liquid ...

Aussie family office chiefs earn up to US$625k

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... their operations with an increase in reported average operating costs as a percent of FUM. This is not surprising with inflation being a primary driver of salary increases in the sector over the last 12 months," she said. "Pleasingly, we observed higher ...

Australia dominates APAC real estate private credit raisings

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... of loan impairments as the market shifts to a recovery phase," Burston said. "In addition, easing construction cost inflation should enable higher levels of apartment construction across all major cities in both traditional build-to-sell and build-to-rent ...

RBA delivers 'hawkish hold'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... surprised by the post-meeting statement released by the central bank. "Recent data, while partial and volatile, suggest that inflation in the September quarter may be higher than expected at the time of the August Statement on Monetary Policy," the RBA ...

Inflation rises 3% in August

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... indicator rose 3% in the 12 months to August, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3% annual CPI inflation to August was up from 2.8% to July, making this the highest annual inflation rate since July 2024," ABS head of prices ...

Australian economy in 'very good place': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has told a parliamentary inquiry the Australian economy is in a good position, with inflation within the board's target range of between 2-3%. Bullock said the central bank is pleased to see inflation having reached ...

Australia maintains global retirement security ranking: Natixis

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... retirement security. "Still, it's concerning that Australians are fearful for their stability in retirement. Pressures from inflation, the cost of living and higher interest rates are undeniably crunching retirees' wallets and increasing uncertainty ...