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Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... infrastructure as an asset class has the characteristics to provide resilience in the face of rising inflation, higher interest rates, softening growth, and continuing geopolitical and economic uncertainty. "Infrastructure assets are showing significant ...

US platform bids for Yieldbroker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... trading platform for Australian government bonds and interest rate derivatives, while Tradeweb operates marketplaces for rates, credit, equities, and money markets. "We believe this transaction would leverage both firms' innovative trading solutions ...

March inflation drops to 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... cash rate remains unchanged," Evans said. However, VanEck portfolio manager Cameron McCormack expects the RBA to increase rates by 25 basis points at its next meeting. "The RBA is clinging to the hope that the labour market will begin to soften this ...

$100bn withdrawal triggers First Republic stock plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... deposits originating from the same industry (technology) and region (US West Coast). As the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and funding costs surged, many tech start-ups that relied on Silicon Valley Bank struggled to secure funding from traditional ...

APAC investors cut PE allocations by 50%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... Global and Preqin found. Investor hesitancy could of course be contributed to market uncertainty coupled with high interest rates. "Which found some institutional investors overexposed to private equity as public markets fell," S&P Global said. What ...

RBA appointments prompt debate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... of changes will be of little relevance to Australian households and businesses struggling with rising mortgage interest rates and broader economic pressures. "That will depend on the people who make those decisions, the quality of their analysis, and ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... 22,000. "Workers are eating into their savings," he said. "That's an ongoing issue." Bangladesh has also experienced high rates of inflation, increasing the strain and causing social unrest, a further risk for companies and investors, Carlsson said. ...

Review calls for Reserve Bank overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... criticism for the central bank's fiscal response and on the back of governor Philip Lowe's 2020 prediction that rates wouldn't rise until 2024. However, it states: "This Review is not a judgement on the past six months. We have looked back ...

Apple dives deeper into financial services

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... Apple and Goldman Sachs have launched their long-awaited high-yield savings account in the US which offers 4.15% interest rates. The account, which boasts a rate that's 10 times the US national average, is the latest move in a string of tech giants moving ...

Purpose of pause to gather more data: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... options. It said board members discussed the uncertainties surrounding the impact that historically rapid increase in interest rates would have on the economy. "Members first discussed the case for a further 25 basis point increase in the cash rate target ...