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Challenger appoints Duncan West as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... of our expenses. Clearly, the macro-economic environment presents both challenges and opportunities with rising interest rates benefiting annuity sales and margins but markets triggering an unrealised investment experience," he said.

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... opportunities for tactical and dynamic trades. "Opportunistic asset allocation is always difficult, but we now have interest rates with arguably a more symmetric return profile - an opportunity set which hasn't been present for some time," she added. ...

US inflation drops to 8.5%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... be very closely monitored by both the market and the Fed and will be key determinants of whether the Fed chooses to hike rates by 50bp or 75bp at their next meeting." Meanwhile, Federated Hermes pointed out the obvious, saying inflation remains uncomfortably ...

Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... declines, rising seven index points. NAB called this "a marked rally in the face of headwinds from inflation and rising interest rates, as well as a deteriorating global economic outlook." Business conditions also remained well above average, with trading ...

EG private wealth syndicate sells off industrial site

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... time. On the acquisition front, Walt predicts that there'll be better opportunities towards the end of the year as interest rates rise and a slowing economy take hold, delivering some mispriced or undervalued opportunities. "My focus per product is really ...

APRA releases annual corporate plan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... changes in APRA's operating environment, including geopolitical tensions, inflationary pressures and rising interest rates, and the impact of new technologies, APRA said. It highlighted improving superannuation performance by continuing to rectify ...

Philanthropist fund unveils new NFP partners

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... working". Comprising of 14 non-for-profit partners, the social investment strategy aims to counter the alarming rise in the rates of ill mental health, self-harm and suicide among young people, despite a steady increase in government expenditure on mental ...

Value investing a likely winner: Maple-Brown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... heading for a major recession. Further, on markets suffering a valuation de-rating from fear of persistent high interest rates, Insync noted that this isn't an earnings de-rating. "Investors are concerned with a policy error by the Federal Reserve that ...

Office properties here to stay: AMP Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... pre-pandemic basis, but not by a huge amount." Another burgeoning cloud for the office market is whether rising interest rates will result in falling prices. Davitt explained: "For the residential market, it's typical to use 80 or 90% debt. The bank ...

Hejaz Financial Services, GBST provide online calculators

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... able to configure these changes on our end. With the CMS solution that GBST has provided, we can easily edit field labels, rates and text, without incurring extra costs." GBST's tools are currently live on Hejaz's website, delivering a responsive ...