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Value investing a likely winner: Maple-Brown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... de-rating. "Investors are concerned with a policy error by the Federal Reserve that may tighten too hard at a time when inflation rates may be close to peaking and would likely come down quickly if the general economy slows," Insync said. The fund manager ...

Optimum Pensions, Generation Life launch lifetime annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... terms of investment options, and link income to investment performance," he said. LifeIncome aims to keep pace with inflation while helping customers access sustainable income and investment options. Orford said there is no excuse for superannuation ...

RBA lifts cash rate to 1.85%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... consequently, this is now a fourth consecutive monthly rate rise. The RBA's decision comes as it continues its attempt to return inflation to its 2-3% target range. Presently, inflation in Australia is 6.1%, the highest it's been since the early 1990s. ...

Financial product registrations up 30%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... product manufacturers to recent changes in the economic climate, including outlooks of higher global interest rates and inflation.

4D Infrastructure launches currency hedged fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... yields than the broader equity markets," she said. "The revenues of most of the portfolio's stocks also have some form of inflation hedge, whether explicit or implicit." According to Shaw, the Hedged Fund will be managed according to the same investment ...

US enters recession - or does it?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... the pandemic crisis - it's no surprise that the economy is slowing down as the Federal Reserve acts to bring down inflation." Biden went on to tout the nation's 3.6% unemployment rate, second quarter job creation and strong levels of consumer ...

Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... maximum employment and price stability, the current picture is plain to see: The labour market is extremely tight, and inflation is much too high." Aside from continuing the process of significantly reducing the size of its balance sheet, Powell noted ...

Treasurer responds to dour inflation, growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has addressed Australia's confronting inflation numbers and the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) substantial global growth downgrades at a Canberra press conference. Unsurprised to see inflation north of 6%, Chalmers ...

Equities challenged but opportunities are there

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... strategist Stephen Miller said that all developed country central banks were late in recognising just how great a challenge inflation would prove for monetary policy. "By allowing inflation and inflation expectations to escape the realm of being within ...

CPI rises, IMF lowers global outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
Australia's annual CPI inflation grew to 6.1% in the June quarter, slightly below the consensus forecast of 6.3%. Consumer prices rose 1.8% this quarter, again less than the 1.9% forecast. "Annual CPI inflation increased 6.1% in the June quarter ...