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Infrastructure a foundational portfolio asset class: IFM Investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... industrial revolution. "Over the next three decades, over $100 trillion will need to be deployed to completely restructure our economy - much of which will take the shape of infrastructure equity funding for renewable energy and climate change adaptation ...

Threats outside the Australian financial system build: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA's) latest Financial Stability Assessment has said that although risks to global economy have been balanced as inflation has eased, risks to financial stability remain. The Assessment said there is a possibility ...

Why this fundie sees the economy making a hard landing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... ahead of the 2000 post-tech bubble. The biggest clue on the direction of consumer health and spending, and therefore the economy, according to Birtles, is savings rate. "Australian consumers had excess savings through Covid, and they had built up quite ...

Chalmers expected to deliver Budget surplus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... savings, leading to a cumulative improvement of $211.4 billion in the underlying cash balance over the next five years. The economy is expected to expand by only 1.75% in 2023-24, before regaining momentum in 2024-25 as improving real incomes growth ...

Listed companies drive economy's momentum: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Australian companies continue to defy odds and beat analysts' expectations to help keep the economy on its resilience streak. Perennial Partners lead portfolio manager Stephen Bruce, who presented at the Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) Capital Cities in ...

Economists react to latest RBA rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... regard it notes that inflation remains high, services inflation remains a concern with continuing excess demand in the economy, wages growth is consistent with the inflation target but this assumes productivity picks up further and right now unit labour ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... Committee chair Harriett Baldwin said: "The UK's financial services sector is the crown jewel of this country's economy - admired by the international community and always takes pride in being ahead of the curve." "This well-paid sector will ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... US$1.72 trillion this year - up 3.9% on a headline basis, equivalent to underlying growth of 5%. "Pessimism over the global economy proved ill-founded in 2023 and although the outlook is uncertain, dividends are well supported," Ben Lofthouse, head of ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... "experiencing a renaissance", the pair said, after a multi-decade period of stagnation following the burst of the bubble economy during the late-1980s, its equity market recently hit new highs. The MSCI Japan index was up ~29% in 2023 and another ~14% ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... Deloitte last year indicated that generative AI would "rapidly and significantly" disrupt over a quarter of the Australian economy, impacting nearly $600 billion in economic activity, especially within professional and financial services. Deloitte lead ...