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Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... pension funds will have over US$2.6 trillion invested outside of Australia by 2035. As the world's largest and most dynamic economy, the US is expected to be the top destination for this investment," the report said. "Over the next decade, total investment ...

Superannuation powerbrokers bound for US investment summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... best investment opportunities for members. "We have $83 billion already invested in the US. Its diverse and sophisticated economy presents an unparalleled opportunity to help more Australians achieve their best financial position in retirement," he said. ...

Next decade could bring back the conservative portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... portfolios now look considerably better than they did five years ago, when bonds were obscenely low." As Parker mentioned, the economy is entering a new era where inflation - and in turn interest rates - are at more "normal" levels. As the era of ultra-low ...

Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... mortgage system, which she said is quite unusual compared to other economies - but inflation is a bigger threat to the economy than interest rates are. "The most important thing is that we bring inflation back within the 2-3% range, and it's even ...

UniSuper prepared for buying opportunities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... Pearce said. "UniSuper invests for the long term, and over the long term, we're confident about the state of the global economy-inflation is behaving itself, employment remains strong, and the tech revolution continues. If we do get a correction, UniSuper ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... since release of the Q4 CPI report. In short, underlying inflation has come down quicker than the RBA expected, and the economy deserves to be rewarded for its good behaviour with a rate cut ASAP," Bassanese said. "To not cut rates this week would effectively ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... per hour by housing construction workers has declined by 53% since 1995. Conversely, labour productivity in the broader economy increased by 49% over the same period. "To put this 'productivity gap' in perspective, had labour productivity in ...

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... the total index weight. Leung added many of the companies in the Russell 2000 index are the "bread and butter" of the US economy. He also said that the index usually performs during rate cut cycles. "Whenever there's interest rate cuts, the biggest ...

Australians don't trust politicians with their super: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... Australian's trust in the government on the eve of the federal election. He called for the proposal to be shelved in favour of an economy-wide, evidence-based tax review after the next election. "The government's superannuation tax breaches fundamental ...

Trump tariffs to hit Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... worth of steel and aluminium to the US, it represents just 0.03% of the nation's GDP - "a very small proportion of our economy." Accordingly, Oliver won't be rushing to revise any forecasts but noted the tariffs will create "a lot of tension" between ...