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Growth scare likely during second half of 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... is why central banks continue moving towards a restrictive policy stance. With yields and spreads higher and demand for goods slowing, businesses are also more likely to prioritise paying down debt over expansion plans. "We think the market will price ...

Millennials want financial advice: Natixis IM

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
Natixis Investment Managers has revealed the five common financial misconceptions about millennials in its recent Five Financial Truths about Millennials at 40 report. The global survey of nearly 2500 individual investors between the ages of 25 and ...

CPI sees greatest jump since 2000

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... Price Index (CPI) rose 2.1% in the March quarter and 5.1% annually - the greatest increases since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2000. The growth, revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday, came in above expectations ...

Tattarang invests in plastic-free fabric

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... H&M, Allbirds and Camper. It is not Tattarang's first investment in fashion, with the firm purchasing Australian leather goods brand R.M. Williams for $190 million in 2020. Tattarang chief investment officer John Hartman said this latest investment is ...

ETF Securities, 21Shares introduce market monitor

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... essentially track how much consumers will be impacted in terms of loans, investments, savings, job prospects, and prices for goods and services." "As a consequence, Bitcoin is down by 6.4%, Ethereum is down by 8.5%, equity 3.5% over the past week. Meanwhile ...

Can Russia use crypto to get around sanctions?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... cannot be settled. If the seller (Russia) accepts cryptocurrencies, and the buyer is willing to use crypto to pay for the goods, then the SWIFT closure will not be as pertinent," Sojli said. "Then the Russian counterparty keeps the crypto until they ...

Inflation hitting retiree budgets: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... from non-discretionary inflation," ASFA deputy chief executive Glen McCrea said. "This means unavoidable price increases on goods and services such as food, petrol and health costs. "It's critical that future retirees are able to build sufficient ...

CBA posts strong result, dividend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... Comyn said. "Australian households have accumulated savings and stronger wage growth is expected. An increase in demand for goods relative to services, supply-chain constraints and tightening labour market will likely lead to a further increase in the ...

BetaShares adds e-commerce ETF to thematic range

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... chief executive Alex Vynokur said online retailing and e-commerce continues to change the way consumers buy their favourite goods and services. "IBUY will offer investors convenient access to a diversified portfolio of global online retailing leaders ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... this is having on the balance between supply and demand, that we now are all experiencing in terms of dearer prices for goods and services. As such, it comes as no surprise that economic forecasters are predicting a slowdown in the global economy this ...