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You can't have it all: Retirement income strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
While greater availability of retirement income products is a positive, the three objectives of these products as set out in legislation don't necessarily reflect members needs or desires. Appearing on a panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Carbon transition and MBFID: Is it possible to meet both?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
About 70% of delegates to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' ASI Conference would still acquire new fossil-fuel based assets for the purpose of transitioning them - but is it in members' best financial interests? Polled during a panel ...

Kate Howitt to leave Fidelity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
Fidelity senior portfolio manager Kate Howitt has announced her retirement after almost two decades with the firm. Howitt, who has led the Australian Opportunities Fund since 2007, will step down in September but continue to oversee the transition of ...

GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Beating consensus estimates, the Australian GDP rose 0.8% in Q1 and 3.3% year on year. While more positive than expected, the latest figures represented a slowdown from the 3.4% GDP growth realised last quarter. Barclays said the most recent GDP numbers ...

No place for crypto in insto portfolios: PGIM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
PGIM has made clear its thoughts on cryptocurrency, labelling it 'portfolio kryptonite' and saying it adds little to institutional investment portfolios other than a whole lot of risk. In its latest Megatrends paper, investment professionals from across ...

Reserve Bank lifts cash rate target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
In the first increase in more than a decade, the Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 0.35%. Announcing the decision this afternoon, RBA governor Philip Lowe said the board determined the time is right to begin ...

RBA weighs controversial pre-election rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
Just over two weeks before the federal election, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will make a decision on interest rates which could have huge political implications. At present, underlying inflation is well above the RBA's target band and most economists ...

RBA eyes an early rate hike

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) minutes for April have strongly suggested that inflationary and wage growth developments have brought forward the likely timing of the first interest rate increase. Interest rates in Australia haven't been raised since ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
Stock picking is the main source of alpha in about 90% of institutional portfolios, a research firm has found. Analysis of 752 equity mandates by Inalytics, including several managed on behalf of Australian institutions, found 88% of portfolios generated ...

Real unemployment far higher than ABS claims: Roy Morgan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
While Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since the pandemic began, there are still millions who remain unemployed or under-employed. Unemployment and under-employment are rife, with the latest Roy Morgan findings showing that ...