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World Bank warns of a sharp global growth decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... Over the past two decades, slowdowns of this magnitude have foreshadowed a global recession, the World Bank said. Excluding China, growth in emerging market and developing economies is expected to decelerate from 3.8% in 2022 to 2.7% in 2023. This reflects ...

AMP, Dexus deal delayed

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
... the condition precedent for the transaction's completion relates to the transfer of AMP's ownership interest in China Life AMP Asset Management (CLAMP) from entities being acquired by Dexus. Dexus explained the parties agreed to extend the date ...

Fixed interest themes you can't ignore: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... Henderson head of Australian Fixed Interest Jay Sivapalan said: "In recent years, while events such as Brexit and the US/China trade wars led to the growing view that markets are de-globalising, our view is that rather than the start of de-globalisation ...

Global pension report reveals flight to safety

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... first time, the survey of global public investors reveals a reallocation away from the renminbi. The biggest concern over China is geopolitical tensions - cited by over 70% of respondents. Around 15% of survey participants said they will decrease their ...

Six local funds in world's top 100: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... Government Pension Fund topped the list with US$1.73 trillion, followed by Norges Bank Investment Management (US$1.4tn) and China Investment Corporation (US$1.22tn). Also featured in the top 20 is the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, GIC Private, Mercer ...

Global X launches copper miners ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... the last decade, which has been driven by major infrastructure developments across the globe in countries such as India, China and the United States." Hannon added that copper demand is highly correlated with global economic activity and is often seen ...

Cost of retirement in lockstep with inflation: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... said: "The global energy crisis, raw material scarcity, and supply chain disruptions caused by ongoing Covid lockdowns in China are converging to pose significant inflationary challenges globally and here at home." However, despite the current pressure ...

Hopes for action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
The COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh has been labelled an implementation COP, where governments, investors and other actors are called upon to demonstrate how they're going to implement what was promised a year ago in Glasgow at COP26. However, others have ...

Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
Australia should be able to evade a recession, despite the high inflationary environment, AMP's Shane Oliver says. Amid dire, bleak, and gloomy economic outlooks, Oliver - AMP's head of investment strategy, economics, and chief economist - said if further ...

Forget BRICs: Skerryvore

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... prosperity is unlikely to be shortened into a simple acronym as it was during the period of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), as lines begin to blur between developed nations and EMs. Instead, as we look out into the next decade, Skerryvore ...