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Australians living through protracted period of economic misery: CEDA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). CEDA's analysis of the "misery index" - which combines inflation, unemployment, and interest rates to gauge economic despair - shows that Australia's economic misery remains elevated post-COVID-19 ...

ESSSuper ups admin fee cap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... delivering stable returns via diversification. The option targets moderately high returns of 3.25% above the rate of inflation or 3.75% above the rate of inflation for Retirement Income Stream accounts.

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... restricted competition among banks and made it increasingly expensive for them to lend to first home buyers. "Just as zero inflation is not the RBA's goal, zero mortgage delinquencies is an unattainable and undesirable goal for APRA," Reardon said. "Despite ...

Fed cut will not move the dial for RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... job creation, and an economy that is operating at near its full capacity are contributing to Australia's sticky inflation challenge, and mean rate cuts are unlikely to be on the agenda for some time yet." GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller ...

Federal Reserve kicks off easing cycle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... surprising many who believed it would opt for a cut of just 0.25%. "The committee has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2%, and judges that the risks to achieving its employment and inflation goals are roughly in balance," ...

Megatrends impacting portfolio construction: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
Mercer portfolios solutions leader Rebecca Jacques outlined some of the major trends investors need to take into consideration when building clients' portfolios at the Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum. Jacques said there are several structural ...

Federal Reserve rate cuts beckon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... rate cut is the rise in the unemployment rate, which is usually a main driver of Federal Reserve decisions, along with inflation. Inflation has been easing for a while and is moving closer to the Fed's targets, with projections indicating it will slow ...

ASIC updates super calculator relief instrument

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
ASIC is updating the default rate of nominal wage inflation in its relief instrument, which will affect those who provide superannuation forecasts. The default rate of nominal wage inflation will decrease from 4% p.a. to 3.7% p.a. in ASIC (Superannuation ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... (ECB) dropped interest rates to 3.5%, the second time it's cut by 0.25% this year. The bank lowered rates on the back of inflation data that met its outlook. It anticipates headline inflation to average 2.5% in 2024, 2.2% in 2025, and 1.9% in 2026. "Inflation ...

Lazard AM brings Japanese equities fund to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... governance improvement driving better capital efficiency and higher shareholder return, and the shift from deflation to inflation gradually transforming economic behaviour. "We believe the market is still underestimating the potential of these two secular ...