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Art tops UHNWs shopping lists

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... (KFLII). The KFLII, which tracks the value of 10 investments of passion, rose by 16% during 2022, comfortably beating inflation and outperforming the majority of mainstream investment classes, including equities and even gold. This was significantly ...

Fitch gives Labor budget AAA rating

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... earlier this month to 3.85%," it commented. "This represents a cumulative 375bp policy rate increase since May 2022. Inflation was high at 7% in 1Q23 but is past its peak. We forecast inflation to drop to 3.5% by end-2023, but services inflation could ...

Reserve Bank is done at 3.85%: CBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... Bank of Australia (RBA) has admitted more interest rate rises might be on the horizon depending on how the economy and inflation track, but CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman believes an increase next month is unlikely. In the minutes from its May ...

IFM Investors welcomes global head of client solutions

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... clients as they navigate the current economic uncertainty. "The infrastructure asset class not only provides a natural inflation hedge for institutional investors, but there is also a growing demand for additional investment to allow our society to transition ...

VanEck launches US bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... series of interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. "Short-term treasury bond yields should continue to rise while inflation persists," Neiron said. "As TBIL comes to market short-term US treasury yields have surged to highs not seen for over a decade ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... "goldilocks budget." REIA president Hayden Groves said that the Treasurer has attempted to deliver measures that fight off inflation and helps Australians that are struggling in the context of global economic conditions. "We especially applaud the budgeted ...

Family offices maintain a steady course: Goldman Sachs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... decisions, Goldman Sachs said respondents - 22% of which were located in Asia Pacific - cited recession, geopolitics, and inflation as their top three concerns going into the next one to two years. A significantly higher proportion of family offices ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the 2023-24 federal budget against a backdrop of the local economy grappling with soaring inflation, rising interest rates, together with geopolitical tensions and the risk of global financial systems collapsing. "Outside ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... payments and aged care expenditures, are meanwhile growing strongly but only by 7% each, which pretty much matches the inflation rate. Against this, while the government is making a big deal about its policy decision to increase the Petroleum Resources ...

Australia's enviable debt levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Australia's inflation rate, expected to fall from 6% now to 2.75% by 2025, shines a light on Australia's government interest payments and with it, Australia's relative debt position. At June end 2022, there was $895 billion in Australian government ...