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Charter Hall extends JV, makes acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Charter Hall Group has announced an extension to its relationship with global institutional investor Allianz Real Estate to acquire a $648 million portfolio. The ALDI logistics assets portfolio includes the ALDI distribution centres, which were designed ...

ING rejigs super offering, closes balanced option

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... fixed interest, 10% cash, 2% in property and the rest in shares). Net return target for the moderate option is 1.5% above CPI per year over rolling six-years basis and, for the conservative option is, 0.75% above CPI per year on a four-year basis. Living ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... peaks at around 10% over coming months and is still above 7% at the end of next year." "In the March quarter just passed, CPI inflation rose to 2.2%, but it is expected to turn negative temporarily in the June quarter, due to falls in oil prices, the ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... Australia's (RBA) self-congratulatory exclamation after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that annual headline CPI inflation accelerated to 2.2% in the March quarter - higher than market expectations for a 2.0% print, the fastest ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... coronavirus turned into a pandemic) and by -5.0% to -3.0% in FY2020 (from +0.8% to 1.1%). While the BOJ largely maintained its CPI inflation forecast at +0.6% in FY2019 (from +0.6% to +0.7% in January), it now sees inflation at around -0.7% to -0.3% ...

PMIF sees premiums rise for first time in 12 years

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... also announced changes to return objectives for its high growth and shares only investment options. High growth went from CPI plus 4.5% per annum to 4.25% and shares only went from CPI plus 4.5% to 4%. Changes were made to the strategic asset allocation ...

Statewide revises down investment objectives, ups fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... to achieve given current and expected market conditions," Statewide said. The high growth option's objective went from CPI+ 4% to 3.5% and the conservative option went from CPI+ 1.5% to 1%. There were no changes to the other options, with its MySuper ...

Costs spiral for baby boomers

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... over the year to the December quarter, costs were up around 2.1% for retiree couples, compared to 1.8% for the All Groups CPI. "Cost increases for retirees have exceeded those for the general population and we've also seen an acceleration in the rate ...

SMSF data misleading: BGL

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... provide facts not opinions or to follow agendas," he added. Lesh also took aim at the ATO. "We dodged a bullet this year as the CPI did not reach the level where the $1.6m pension cap was indexed" he said. "The inability of the ATO to provide automated ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... leading to even lower inflation as businesses offer discounts to maintain revenues, leading to low inflation and, by virtue of CPI indexation, low wage growth that keeps downward pressure on household spending and by extension, the general economy. Makes ...