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RBA hikes interest rates to 10-year high, flags further increases

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... its April meeting. If at that point we fail to see an easing in inflation and the labour market, we may see the cash rate above 4% by mid-year."

Downside risk dominates Australia's economic outlook: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... slow from 3.6% to 1.6% in 2023, before gradually recovering. The IMF also warned that inflation would be persistent, and above target through 2024. "Inflationary pressures are expected to persist in the near term given high energy, food, and transport ...

Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... said. "The current $500 cap equates to less than the tax paid on the 10.5% super contributions by individuals with incomes above $31,7465. "Women between the ages of 18 and 54 are twice as likely to receive the offset as men, and LISTO payments peaking ...

Netwealth reports FUA increase

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... subsequent inflows in 1H2023, and the quantum of outflows for the December quarter ($2 billion) where which proportionally above average due to some HNW and mid-market/institutional account holders partially withdrawing funds," Netwealth said.

Australia's 1% just keep getting richer: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
... wide-ranging increase in taxation of the super-rich. The organisation has calculated that a wealth tax of 2% on those with wealth above $7 million, 3% with wealth above $67 million and 5% on Australian billionaires alone would raise $29.1 billion dollars ...

US inflation hits one-year low

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... "According to the Fed's latest dot plot, the policy rate will peak at just north of 5%. However, as inflation is likely to remain above target this year and inflationary pressures affecting core prices take some time to fade, the Fed will likely hold ...

Super heatmap findings garner mixed responses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... not an excuse for fund members to suffer low relative performance. The regulator is expecting funds to deliver positive above-benchmark results in bad times as well as good." Meanwhile, Frontier Advisers principal consultant David Carruthers pointed ...

RBA bumps up cash rate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... "While it anticipates inflation to peak in this quarter, it also expects inflation to linger for longer and still be slightly above the top of the target inflation band by the end of 2024. This is why the RBA has signalled further increases in the cash ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... cuts," he said. Sydney University school of economics associate professor Mark Melatos said: "Inflation is significantly above the RBA's target band and likely to increase further, notwithstanding declining oil prices and an increasing risk of global ...

Mercer identifies investment opportunities for 2023

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... world is in a state of flux on various fronts, including an economic slowdown amid monetary tightening, inflation ballooning above central bank targets, and conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a Mercer Déjà new report said all is not lost. It suggests ...