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Residential mortgages will defy headwinds: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
The residential mortgage sector will withstand the current headwinds driven by rapidly rising interest rates and cost of living pressures, a new study finds. According to Foresight Analytics, there are three key factors that will mitigate the risks ...

Inflation decimates retiree purchasing power

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... long-term returns. On the other hand, cash investments suffer an initial loss from unexpected inflation, but higher cash rates provide an improving benefit over time. Bonds suffer a larger loss from unexpected inflation, and their long-term effectiveness ...

US interest rates may go higher than expected: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
Interest rates may well be higher than previously anticipated following stronger economic data, said Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell before the House Financial Services Committee. Providing testimony yesterday, Powell explained the Fed will continue ...

Unpopular funds garner higher returns: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... returns, however, typically don't last forever," Rainmaker said. "The circumstances (such as growth style bias, low interest rates) that may have supported those returns inevitably changes." As new money is invested, it is invested at higher valuations ...

We are closer to a pause: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... today while speaking at the Financial Review Business Summit. "It's a matter of logic really - as you increase interest rates higher, you get closer to a point where it is appropriate to stop for a while and just assess the flow of data." Referencing ...

Capital markets spearhead next recession: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... critical, while one of the biggest challenges for global economies going forward is the "low and anaemic growth rate". Growth rates of companies will not likely match the rate of growth of rapidly rising interest rates, which prove to be another challenge ...

Super on PPL a drop in the ocean

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... shone light on the super gender gap. The Labor Party will stand to save about $2 billion once it doubles concessional tax rates for balances over $3 million but has only softly committed to paying super on PPL when it can afford to. In a new Financial ...

Chalmers' promise to end super wars foiled by criticism

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomed the increase in tax rates for super balances over $3 million, however Chartered Accountants ANZ and the SMSF Association opposed it. Chartered Accountants ...

Super tax break crackdown to hit $410bn in savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomed the increase in tax rates for super balances over $3 million. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said: "The proposed changes will ...

Optimum Pensions urges super trustees to insure mortality risk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... important that superannuation trustees and their advisers be aware of the inherent uncertainty when predicting future mortality rates for any group of people. Products that do not insure this risk may add significant instability to the longer-term customer ...