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Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... they make are in the best financial interests of their members. All the public interests that a project might have in the world, if it doesn't stack up for a fund's best financial interest, trustees are not going to give it the tick," he said. ...

Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... in Washington DC at the G20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting and International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Bank 2023 Spring Meetings, Chalmers said the government is putting "finishing touches" on the budget which is due to be handed ...

Global economic growth hits 20-year low: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... a 20-year low. The IMF World Economic Outlook 2023 report said there were tentative signs in early 2023 that the world economy could achieve a soft landing - with inflation coming down and growth steady - which have receded amid stubbornly high inflation ...

Top 10% pocket 93% of Australia's wealth: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... receive just 7% of economic growth per person since 2009, while the top 10% keep getting richer. The data, taken from the World Inequality Database (WID) that shows real national incomes per adult on a calendar year basis and analysed by the Australia ...

Lowe reinforces more hikes may come

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... reasonable time. "It's important that we do this, because persistently high inflation is corrosive and damages our economy. It erodes the value of savings, puts pressure on household budgets and hurts people on low incomes the most," Lowe said. "If ...

Digitisation an immediate area of growth: Fund manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... creation." What's going to be required is a lot more processing power, he noted. "We own a company called NVIDIA that's a world leader in GPUs or general processing units, which are the key underlying semiconductor technology that allows AI to be implemented," ...

Portfolio resistance is key: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... place we are in a new investing paradigm and investors will need to seek alternative approaches and exposures in this new world," he said. "There are opportunities if you know where to look and it is prudent to consider your portfolio allocation." Chesler ...

The seven global megatrends to watch: CSIRO

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
CSIRO senior research consultant Dr Claire Naughtin shared findings from the research house's latest Our Future World Report at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) last week, highlighting seven global megatrends to keep an eye on. The ...

Family offices ready to take risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
The risk appetites of family offices around the world are increasing and they've got their sights set on investment grade fixed income and emerging market equities. That's according to a new study by Ocorian which gleaned insights from 134 family office ...

The sophistication of cyber threats is increasing: O'Neil

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... face today, those are very significant, but if we look to 2030, we know that we are going to be living in a very different world; there will be different capabilities to conduct cyber attacks," she said. Therefore, O'Neil said, "there's a really ...