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Residential property demand to weaken

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... number of auction figures recorded in the final quarter of 2021. With stock levels running low and the potential for interest rates to rise, BuyersBuyers co-founder Pete Wargent predicts residential property will not experience the same frenzy as last ...

Investors should embrace alternatives: J.P. Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... Outlook which explores the investment case for alternatives amid a world of muted expected returns, historically low interest rates and elevated volatility. The report also provides a 12-to-18-month outlook across every key alternative asset classes ...

Inflation to retreat in 2022: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... consumption have exacerbated the supply chain issues will help drive higher inflation levels. Yet, in line with rising interest rates, Taylor said inflation will eventually fade as central banks across the globe respond to high inflation data. "Central ...

Macquarie AM reveals outlook for 2022

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... combined with a monetary policy framework focused on inflation targeting, has resulted in steady downward pressure on interest rates, both short- and long-term. This, in turn, has fuelled rapid growth in debt, asset values and the financial sector," ...

Investors dig deeper for alternative assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... strategy Glyn Nelson said. Multi-family or build-to-rent housing in Australia is also expected to surge, thanks to low interest rates and double-digit growth rates in property across major cities. "Furthermore, secular tailwinds supported by urban migration ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... governments around the world couldn't spend their way into a recovery forever without hitting some sort of a roadblock -interest rates on their borrowings to shore up their domestic economies would go up. And interest rates have risen. The yield on ten-year ...

DIY investors embrace Meta Platforms

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... investors and dominate eToro's top 10 list of most-held stocks, despite fears over rising inflation and higher interest rates. The Bank of England became the first major central bank last month to raise rates from record lows, while the US Federal Reserve ...

Aussie investors retain home bias: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... slowdown (47% cite, up from 21% a year ago), property prices (28%, up from 15%), inflation (25%, up from 11%), and interest rates (24%, up from 4%). The past year has also seen the typical portfolio lighter on cash related investments, direct shares ...

IFM, Citi pour $300m into Household Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... efficient, more available and more reliable for retirees. This funding facility delivers Australian retirees low interest rates which mean more access to their home equity retirement funding." Household Capital chair Nick Sherry added: "The wealth of ...

Knight Frank releases 2022 outlook

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... policy by historical standards, which will keep bond yields anchored at relatively low levels. "Significantly higher interest rates would quickly prove to be counterproductive, dampening demand without addressing the cost inflation pressures that are ...