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Private market investment impediments not insurmountable: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... Aside from the YFYS performance test, uncertainty has disproportionally impacted illiquid asset classes. Policies like the COVID-19 early release of super scheme created unforeseeable demands on liquidity, such a precedent caused funds to hold lower ...

Industrial property ensures big wins for TelstraSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... have got long leases and have very few significant competitors." But property wasn't the only good news. Coming out of Covid, it made sense to increase equity exposure at the expense of fixed-income securities. Miller held that position until early ...

Cost of retirement in lockstep with inflation: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... executive Glen McCrea said: "The global energy crisis, raw material scarcity, and supply chain disruptions caused by ongoing Covid lockdowns in China are converging to pose significant inflationary challenges globally and here at home." However, despite ...

Altis Property Partners secures $600m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... the firm is delighted to have secured significant backing from "two top-tier global institutional investors." "In a post-COVID, post low-interest rate underwriting environment, the ongoing re-pricing of the various real estate sectors provides a great ...

Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... competitive as it did in the Asian crisis, tech wreck, and the GFC," he noted. He also believes the softening of China's zero Covid policy, which he predicts could come early next year, will also be beneficial in boosting global growth. Oliver added ...

SMSF growth slows, allocations shift

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... remain steady at about 36%, as does property at 16%. In 2020 Rainmaker highlighted that SMSFs were well positioned during COVID-19 due to a large exposure to cash, around 25%. Exposures to cash have since declined, though this is just a continuation ...

AFA posts $273,135 operational loss

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... reserves, and net assets of just under $12 million. Looking at the underlying contributors to the deficit, she stated that Covid had a double-whammy impact; government support payments stopped, and the FPA postponed many events which would normally add ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... insulated from the rapid rise in interest rates." Still, housing values across most of the broad regions remain well above pre-Covid levels, implying most homeowners remain in a positive valuation position relative to their purchase price. Similarly ...

Vicinity Centres head announces retirement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... the company was well positioned to deliver on its long-term growth objectives, Gerber said. "Testament to Vicinity's post-COVID operational and financial recovery, is the Company being the best performing stock in the A-REIT index over the past 12 months ...

Credit Suisse restructures investment bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... been the subject of several scandals in recent years, including the Archegos and Greensill Capital collapses, a breach of COVID rules by its then chair in 2021 and questions around its financial position. Credit Suisse's share price has more than halved ...