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Charter Hall sells half-stake in office fund to GIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
... and into our growing internal teams in investments and administration. As a result, we expect our new space will play a central role for our Melbourne-based team over the coming years."

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... changes in expectations dramatically increased volatility in equity and bond markets. "We are in uncharted territory in that central banks have generally been wrong on inflation for the last couple of years - they just didn't see it coming," she ...

Mining vital to low carbon solutions: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... Despite its disruptive nature to the societies and ecosystems where it operates, a Fidelity report claims mining will play a central role in decarbonisation. Fidelity said, although discourse about investors' role in helping fund clean technologies and ...

Reserve Bank explores digital currency potential

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is launching a one-year research programme into the case for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Partnering with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC), the project will seek to identify innovative ...

RBA lifts cash rate to 1.85%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... global factors explain much of the increases in inflation, but it doesn't entirely discount domestic factors either. The central bank notes Australia has widespread upward pressures on prices from strong demand, a tight labour market and capacity constraints ...

Zipmex files for debt relief amid ongoing crypto crash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... for 401K BTC funds, Crypto.com gains regulatory approval from Cyprus and Italy, Gemini receives VA service provider by central bank of Ireland," the report said.

Treasurer responds to dour inflation, growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... slowdown as "very concerning." "The global economy is treading a precarious and perilous path," he said. Chalmers cited sharp central bank intervention to combat US inflation, China's management of COVID and Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine ...

Equities challenged but opportunities are there

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... GSFM and Munro Partners. At a recent briefing, GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller said that all developed country central banks were late in recognising just how great a challenge inflation would prove for monetary policy. "By allowing inflation ...

Resolution Life appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... announced the sale agreement with Resolution Life. The sale was delayed for some time due to objections from the New Zealand central bank, however was completed in July 2020 at which time Beer became chief executive of Resolution Life Australasia. "I ...

CPI rises, IMF lowers global outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... will inevitably have real economic costs, but delaying it will only exacerbate the hardship." The IMF recommended that central banks that have started tightening should stay the course until inflation is tamed. Aside from the IMF announcement, a White ...