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SMSF growth slows, allocations shift

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... said. "SMSF investors appear to be maintaining a preference for the more risk averse asset classes, but a surge in interest rates may play a role in returning funds back to cash." According to the ATO, almost one dollar in every five held in SMSFs is ...

Centuria launches new unlisted industrial fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... strong tailwinds of the domestic industrial market while harnessing the sector's robust rental growth, driven by low vacancy rates and constrained supply." Furthermore, Mackay is strategically positioned to service a significant North Queensland catchment ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... 401(k) system and Australia's superannuation have grown during an accommodative market, characterised by falling interest rates, rising beta equity, and robust growth in residential real estate. But a combination of rapidly declining valuations amid ...

Equipsuper investment chief on re-energising his team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... interest; we have increased our exposure to bonds after seeing bond yields move higher in line with increasing interest rates. For many years, with record low interest rates in place, bonds have not been an attractive investment with yields close to ...

Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... restraint to be realised, especially on inflation," Powell said. Therefore, he signalled that the ultimate level of interest rates will be higher than previously expected. Meanwhile, earlier this week, an outfit of Senate Democrats, including Elizabeth ...

Interest rates will jump to slay "the evil of inflation": Lowe

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
At the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board dinner, governor Phillip Lowe expressed that interest rates will need to go higher to bring inflation back to target. After a seventh straight rate rise, whereby the bank lifted the interest rate to 2.85% ...

Central banks to tighten on all sides: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... back down to their targets, according to the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). The European Central Bank (ECB) raised rates another 0.75%, and BII expects the Fed to do the same this week. "That's a record pace for the ECB, one it's signaled ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... 6%, said AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. "The key drivers of the downturn remain: poor affordability, rising mortgage rates, some rise in new listings, a rotation in household spending from goods, cost of living pressures, and a collapse in homebuyer ...

US recession probability reaches 75% - is Australia at risk?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... possibly impacting several macroeconomic indicators. To bring down inflation, the US Federal Reserve must increase interest rates until inflation subsides, or economic growth flattens, Saxena estimated. "Given the Federal Reserve's mandate and the ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... Nalini Prasad commented: "Inflation remains well above the RBA's target range." "The RBA will need to raise interest rates into the future to reduce inflationary pressures and move the real interest rates into positive territory." Meanwhile, ahead ...