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Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... The Committee suggested either increasing the cap to $100,000 or $150,000, or removing the cap altogether. "Rampant inflation under Labor means that the Committee has had to re-examine previously proposed thresholds and caps, to ensure the policy can ...

Experts weigh in: Will the RBA hike rates again?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... widely expected by economists. But some have suggested another hike could be on the horizon given less than optimistic inflation data which rose 1% in the March quarter. In addition, the RBA lifted its Consumer Price Index forecast by 5bps in June and ...

ATO flags key focus areas this tax time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... at three key areas where taxpayers make common mistakes this tax season. Incorrectly claiming work-related expenses, inflation claims for rental properties and failing to include all income when lodging will all be focus areas for the ATO come end of ...

Qantas Super boosts ag assets by $200m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... change. "The sector has a low correlation to other assets classes and has historically performed well in periods of high inflation. It has attractive, risk-adjusted returns on land value and water, with farmland having a 20-year compound annual growth ...

ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... strategies in the future. "We believe that increased volatility over the past few years as economies experienced higher inflation and the end of ultra-low interest rates, combined with the increased concentration risk in global equity indices, is driving ...

Future Fund posts 10.1% annual return, surpassing benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... from last year, largely due to the strength of the US economy and the adjustments of consumers and business to higher inflation and interest rates. "Markets have priced in this economic resilience and expectations of several rate cuts in Australia and ...

What retiree portfolios need to avoid future cost-of-living crises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
The key to a "successful investment strategy" is the ability to generate returns over the long term and managing inflation is an important piece of the strategy, says a Challenger report. Investments much achieve a real rate of return that not only ...

J.P. Morgan lists new global equity ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... their portfolios with conviction," he said. JPMAM head of wholesale for Australia and New Zealand Mark Carlile said with inflation starting to cool and market expectations of a soft or no landing, it's time for investors to deploy their cash and consider ...

The funds delivering up to 30% returns: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... at the top performing managers in the quarter. This suggests external factors such as interest rate expectations or inflation worries were less influential on relative performance than company selection," she said. "Over the three-year period, leadership ...

S&P/ASX200 tipped to hit 8300: VanEck

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... end. "On balance, Australia should avoid a recession with the RBA holding the cash rate at 4.35% until at least 2025. Inflation may prove to be stickier than the market anticipates, which reaffirms our higher-for-longer bias," VanEck's Australian ...