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Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... volatility and uncertainty for investors," Arndt said. "Our expectation is that these conditions will lead to higher inflation and bond yields for an extended period. These are the conditions for which the portfolio has been built over the past five ...

Global economic uncertainty the main priority: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... we've got an agenda on productivity, but we can do more, and we will do more," he said. "[Our] first term was primarily inflation without forgetting productivity, the second term will be primarily productivity without forgetting inflation. "Human ...

No US recession priced in yet: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... there's a lot of uncertainty." Colosimo said it's not just consumers that are nervous about the potential uplift in inflation due to the tariffs, companies are also scaling back their capital investment plans. "We're seeing anecdotes that ...

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... 0.9% follows two quarters in a row of 0.2% rises," ABS acting head of prices statistics Leigh Merrington said. "Annual inflation to the March 2025 quarter of 2.4% was unchanged from the December 2024 quarter." Trimmed mean, or underlying, annual inflation ...

Escala launches alternatives platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... and high-net-worth investors look to allocate more capital to alternatives to enhance diversification, hedge against inflation and achieve superior returns. At the same time, technological advancements are making these investments more accessible, efficient ...

Family offices favour real estate: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... family offices is also actively investing in new assets. Overall, real estate remains a key component in hedging against inflation, enabling families to maintain long-term value and support intergenerational wealth strategies. The family offices studied ...

REITs see best start versus equities in a decade: Principal AM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... unpredictability of the Trump administration's trade policy changes. The worst-case scenario is that tariff-induced inflation could lead to US stagflation. He said rising yields and slowing growth would be a headwind for real estate unless the Federal ...

Global X to launch AI infrastructure ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... whether gold has reached its peak. However, we maintain history suggests there's room for further gains. Adjusted for inflation, gold's all-time high actually stands at US$3,459, set in 1980-meaning its current valuation could still be well within ...

Institutional capital returns to retail real estate after hiatus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... underpinned by a relatively stable and conducive economic environment, marked by strong population growth, stabilising inflation, and expected monetary policy easing through the year. The report noted Australia has the highest forecast population growth ...

RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... said. "They agreed that the risks to the outlook were two-sided, with some that could result in economic activity and inflation in Australia being weaker than expected and others that could result in economic activity and inflation strengthening more ...