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Frontier calls for better unlisted asset valuations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... as redemption periods, Australia's robust response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of rising global interest rates require a unique Australian perspective. In Australia, fund managers often employ a transaction-led valuation process, especially ...

RBA pause short but sweet: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... sitting at around a 50% chance in the next 12 months. "I think that that's a pretty fair judgement based on how interest rates have gone," she said. "Maybe the economy will prove to be very resilient to interest rate increases, and maybe the consumer ...

Wage increases shouldn't equal rate hikes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... inflation dip should prompt a pause, but Conroy remained clear on his view. "This idea that there is a need to push interest rates up higher will simply bring on a recession," he said. "Phil Lowe [just deliberately wants] to give the middle finger to ...

Rising costs bite asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... investors are now facing cost-additive pressures. "This is a real contrast versus the previous decade, when low interest rates, downward pressure on management fees and improved (though still imperfect!) transparency helped considerably to reduce like-for-like ...

Cbus delivers strong returns, grapples property headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... result is shaping up to be a very good absolute return, particularly in an environment of high inflation, rising interest rates, the Russia-Ukraine War, and issues in the US regional banking system," he said. Chatfield emphasised that Cbus would maintain ...

Centuria looks to grow WA portfolio

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
... offer to consumers during that period as well in terms of home delivery and click and collect," he said. And while interest rates still impact all retail assets, McCully said the fundamentals of neighbourhood shopping centers and community hubs are going ...

Next RBA boss to be picked in July: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... gone out of my way to focus on my job. The point that I made at the time - which I think is self-evident - is when interest rates go it makes it harder for people to pay the bills," he said. He noted that when rates go up Australians find extra repayments ...

US recession possible, but recovery would be strong: Capital Group

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... a recession, we can start to see signs of stress- companies and consumers typically have over-borrowed, and as interest rates go up, they start to worry about their ability to repay those debts, and that's what causes the collapse in confidence and ...

Epsilon launches second Australian fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... loans made to property-related financing." Epsilon co-founding partner Mick Wright-Smith added inflation, high-interest rates and low GDP growth has impacted corporate cashflows. "But the middle market remains resilient due to its more conservative borrowing ...

Federal Reserve holds rates steady

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... and financial and international developments." Of note, while the Federal Reserve has decided to hold steady on interest rates for the time being, some officials have indicated that further hikes may be on the horizon. Principal Asset Management chief ...