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Where does the world's largest active manager say to invest?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... the report said. For example, when Amazon started working on robots to pick and pack items into shipping boxes, failure rates were high, and successful picks took up to two minutes each. Seven years later, its new 'Sparrow' robot can process about two-thirds ...

Dexus sees $1.3bn wiped from portfolio value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... book values. This was primarily driven by the office portfolio, which decreased 11.3% on the back of higher capitalisation rates and discount rates. The industrial portfolio fell by about 1.2%, with Dexus saying strong rental growth largely offset the ...

RBA issues warning over inflationary spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
... board said that recent data has reinforced the need to "remain vigilant" to upside risks to inflation. "The path of interest rates that will best ensure that inflation returns to target in a reasonable timeframe remains uncertain and the board is not ...

'Little prospect' for RBA hike despite stubborn inflation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... suspended animation." Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Gareth Aird also believes the RBA will keep interest rates unchanged this month. "The June board meeting comes in the wake of the 2024 Federal Budget, which was a little more expansionary ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... positive" from a monetary policy perspective. He said it's an easing in inflation that will enable the US Federal Reserve to cut rates. Energy transformation Chalmers said the global energy transition represents "a golden opportunity," adding that Australia ...

US looks towards rate cuts, Australia lags behind

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... economic data came out from the US overnight with US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell indicating the US could cut interest rates at least once this year. A lower-than-expected May CPI print was encouraging, but the FOMC still kept its funds rate target ...

BlackRock launches new government bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... global interest rate regimes." BlackRock Australasia iShares and index investments specialist Tamara Stats said with interest rates expected to remain high for longer, investors should consider adding more specific parts of the yield curve within their ...

QIC splashes $32m on PEP acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... capital. Miall said it is "an ideal time to consider private debt as part of an investment portfolio." "The increase in base rates since early-2022, along with relatively elevated credit spreads, have resulted in private debt yielding greater returns ...

Pengana launches new term account

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... believes TermPlus is poised to attract significant interest from both retail and institutional investors. TermPlus target rates are calculated as a fixed spread above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate. For a one-year term account, that ...

Super tax concessions cost $54.5bn in lost revenue: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... support retired Australians living in poverty." In addition, the research found that Australia still experiences above average rates of poverty in retirement, coming in at the sixth highest rate in the OECD. The top 20% of income earners receive more ...