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Economists divided over cash rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... increase is justified, however, the economic hardships faced by Australians is intensifying. According to an economic misery index by the University of Melbourne, Australia's economic stress in Q4 2022 was significantly higher than before the pandemic ...

Quality stocks outperform on average: Bell AM

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... has been limited to a small pool of names. "Only five names have accounted for 47% of the total return of the MSCI World Index this year," he said. "Apple, Meta, Amazon, Google, Nvidia, those five have accounted for almost half of the total returns of ...

Macquarie AM wins manager of the year: ILAs

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... Emerging Companies Fund Indexed/Enhanced Vanguard Investments Australia Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Fund ESG Betashares Betashares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF Property Australian Listed Pendal Group Pendal Property Securities ...

Wage increases to offset more rate hikes: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
The Fair Work Commission lifted Australia's minimum and award wages by 5.75% to alleviate incomes eroded by inflation, but experts say the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) won't be backing off anytime soon. Speaking this morning, Fair Work Commission ...

The Australian small-cap conundrum: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... highlighted probability issues and said, the largest Australian small-cap sector is materials which when compared to the global index, is one of the smallest sectors. "This means that exposure to an Australian small-cap strategy may not be a sound investment ...

Family offices look to infrastructure for alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... the prospect of a growth slowdown or recession has taken shape. "With 2022 seeing a 33% decline in the Nasdaq composite index and with the ARK Innovation ETF off 67% across the same period, public markets were bearish on tech, and many family offices ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has jumped from 6.3% to 6.8%, adding to theories Australians could be in for another rate hike. The latest CPI numbers, released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), exceeded economist predictions of ...

JPMorgan developing investment advice AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
JPMorgan has filed a trademark for an AI-powered investment advisory tool, IndexGPT. It's envisioned IndexGPT will harness the power of "cloud computing software using artificial intelligence" to analyse and select securities that are tailored to ...

MySuper inches to $1tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... returned -2.2%, while property was the worst performer of -12.6% in the year to March. "The Rainmaker MySuper Single Strategy Index continued to outperform the Lifecycle MySuper Index across all age groups through the 12-month period," the latest Super ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
Investors are poised to benefit from long-term investments in the minerals and technology needed to reach net zero, a global ETF provider has revealed. Global X ETFs Australia outlined the major exchange traded fund (ETF) investment megatrends - highlighting ...