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Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... weak, as is dwelling investment," she said. The prices of goods continued to ease reflecting the resolution of earlier global supply chain disruptions and a moderation in domestic demand for goods, she said. The cost of services, however, remains high. ...

REITs primed for investor cash amid uncertainty

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... to be a defensive investment option during the more common recessions of the past 35 years, indicating that COVID-19 and Global Financial Crisis were more of an exception than the norm. Principal Asset Management chief investment officer Todd Jablonski ...

Angela Jackson to helm annual Chief Economists Forum

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... of ceremonies, Jackson will lead discussions on Australia's economic landscape outlook, local policy responses, and global forecasts for Europe, North America, and Asia. She will be joined by renowned market strategists including La Trobe Financial ...

Agricultural sector in for a mixed 2024: Outlook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... with the United Arab Emirates. An expansion of the AI-ECTA is also on the horizon," it said. It added that volatility in global grain markets remains a concern, and above average freight costs are expected as high fuel costs offset smaller production. ...

Global X slashes ETF fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... global exposure. Meanwhile, USTB is a passively managed fund that tracks the iBoxx $ Treasuries Index. It offers global market exposure while generating income and diversifying their portfolios. Global X ETFs chief executive Evan Metcalf said the fee ...

Don't abandon 60/40: J.P Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... rebalancing and diversifying allocation in EM will be key to capturing opportunities and managing risks." J.P. Morgan global market strategist Kerry Craig said EMs retain their growth premium relative to developed market (DM) economies, but this gap ...

Super funds increasing offshore investment, currency hedging lessens: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... six months preceding the report. "In a perhaps surprising finding, both the heightened concerns about the health of the global economy and the outlook for more growth orientated assets have for the most part overridden the incentives to reduce foreign ...

Private equity, venture capital outperform listed assets: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... research report, $35.9 billion has been distributed to PE and VC investors from 1997 to June 2023. The report, conducted by global investment firm Cambridge Associates, said that local PE has delivered a consistent long-term performance. On the other ...

Small-cap shares set to soar: Flinders

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... with Financial Standard, Macdougall discussed the significant downturn small caps have experienced - the biggest since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). "For almost two years now, small caps have underperformed large caps, and for the most part this ...

Private market deal activity set to persist amid high-rates: Aviva

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... head of investment strategy Michael Grady commented last month that as 2023 draws to a close, peak interest rates in major global economies may be imminent, if not already there. "The market now seems to be concentrated with the idea of higher for longer ...