Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 441 - 450 of 4043 results for "Inflation"

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 ...

Australia's budget position ranks second among G20 nations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... approach to budget management. "Our responsible management is ensuring that fiscal policy is taking the pressure off inflation when it is at its highest," the ministers said. "The Albanese government delivered Australia's first surplus in 15 years in ...

Commercial real estate optimism ticks up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... Australia Francesco Demarco said that whilst there were expectations of a stabilising global economy, largely due to cooling inflation, in Australia 2024-2025 was still likely to be a period in which businesses were focused on driving company performance ...

Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... of upcoming interest rate cuts, which means it could be an even longer wait here in Australia. Powell said recent US inflation data had not given policymakers enough confidence to ease interest rates soon, noting that the Fed may need to keep rates higher-for-longer ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... billionaires are US$3.3 trillion richer than in 2020, with their wealth growing three times faster than the rate of inflation. Despite representing just 21% of the global population, rich countries in the north own 69% of global wealth and are home to ...

Morningstar warns of stretched valuations in Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... cautioned that the market's enthusiasm might be "too optimistic" regarding the prospect of lower interest rates. "If inflation rears its head again, some of the optimism could come out of share prices for banks and other recent winners, including consumer ...