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Financial stress at record highs: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... increasing concerns about living costs as a result of volatile investment markets, rising inflation and higher interest rates." In 2022, nearly a million workers are severely financially distressed which AMP principally attributes to people's dissatisfaction ...

Financial literacy in Australia drops by almost 10%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... five financial literacy questions correctly, she explained. Boedker added that with rising living costs and high-interest rates, the importance of having higher levels of financial literacy, backed up by financial planning activities such as having a ...

Future Fund assets drop to $194.4bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... during the year and that is because inflation is rising and central banks around the world are responding by rising interest rates which in turn is hitting asset values," he said. "To preserve the capital of the fund in that environment is exactly what ...

Link Group acquires HS Pensions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... Link Group in addition to the global pandemic and market volatility associated with higher inflation and higher interest rates." "Despite these challenging and potentially distracting factors, it has been pleasing to see the resilience of our people ...

A sensible roadmap: Industry responds to QAR paper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... existing customers. This will have a serious impact on competition in the banking sector at a time when, with rising interest rates and cost of living pressures, people need to be able to find the best possible deal. "These changes would set consumer ...

Online investor numbers taper out: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... households would no doubt contribute to delaying the assessment of readiness. At the same time, the vertiginous rise of interest rates has reinstated cash as an appealing instrument for yield generation." Meanwhile, dormancy rates among those already ...

Challenger appoints Duncan West as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... of our expenses. Clearly, the macro-economic environment presents both challenges and opportunities with rising interest rates benefiting annuity sales and margins but markets triggering an unrealised investment experience," he said.

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... opportunities for tactical and dynamic trades. "Opportunistic asset allocation is always difficult, but we now have interest rates with arguably a more symmetric return profile - an opportunity set which hasn't been present for some time," she added. ...

Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... declines, rising seven index points. NAB called this "a marked rally in the face of headwinds from inflation and rising interest rates, as well as a deteriorating global economic outlook." Business conditions also remained well above average, with trading ...

EG private wealth syndicate sells off industrial site

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... time. On the acquisition front, Walt predicts that there'll be better opportunities towards the end of the year as interest rates rise and a slowing economy take hold, delivering some mispriced or undervalued opportunities. "My focus per product is really ...