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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 ...

ClearBridge launches three active ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... provide regular and stable income and to outperform the benchmark, being an accumulation index comprising the OECD G7 Inflation Index plus 5.5% per annum. ClearBridge head of APAC business development Matt Bushby said the hedged (CIVH) and unhedged (CUIV) ...

NGS Super to launch lifetime income product

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... lifetime income gives retirees confidence to spend, knowing their income is secure for life, and can be protected against inflation and market ups and downs," Hamilton said. "Together with NGS's investment excellence and commitment to members' outcomes ...

Short-term noise reinforces long-term investment thinking: ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... portfolio. You absolutely do, because under certain scenarios, bonds will do what you want them to do, but not under higher inflation scenarios, which is why we need private assets. It's another string to our diversification bow," Parker said. Private ...

Bullock hushes rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... bringing all this together to form an objective assessment of what it means for the outlook for domestic activity and inflation here at home," she said. "We are mindful of not adding to the uncertainty, and to that end, it's too early for us to determine ...