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Defensive equities strategies protect against downturn: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... various forms are expected to hold up relatively well under inflationary conditions, the outcomes depend on whether central banks are able to engineer a soft landing," the report said. The report concluded while defensive strategies have proven their ...

Future Fund assets drop to $194.4bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... global equities and global bonds both fell over 10% during the year and that is because inflation is rising and central banks around the world are responding by rising interest rates which in turn is hitting asset values," he said. "To preserve the capital ...

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... expectations dramatically increased volatility in equity and bond markets. "We are in uncharted territory in that central banks have generally been wrong on inflation for the last couple of years - they just didn't see it coming," she said. "So ...

Equities challenged but opportunities are there

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... Munro Partners. At a recent briefing, GSFM investment 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 ...

CPI rises, IMF lowers global outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... inevitably have real economic costs, but delaying it will only exacerbate the hardship." The IMF recommended that central banks that have started tightening should stay the course until inflation is tamed. Aside from the IMF announcement, a White House ...

RBA scenario implies record costs: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... admit that he can understand why some people might conclude that too much support was provided by governments and central banks. Though to his detractors, he said to remember the context in which support was provided. "At the time the decisions were ...

Recession a distinct possibility: Natixis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... biggest market driver in the second half of 2022. She said: "The biggest market driver at the end of 2022 will be central banks and bringing down inflation to lower the longer-term cost of capital." Similarly, Natixis determined that inflation tops present ...

Pendal FUM drops $12bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... geopolitical tensions, and fears of economic recession around the world due to aggressive tightening measures by major central banks. This has resulted in client caution, which has driven fund redemptions." Good added that despite this flow, trends improved ...

US rocked by inflation disaster

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... recovery and further damage living standards, particularly for the vulnerable." As such Georgieva recommended that most central banks continue to tighten monetary policy decisively, especially where inflation expectations had started to de-anchor. "Acting ...

Growth scare likely during second half of 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Global activity is already slowing, as central banks continue to indicate that a further deceleration is needed to lower inflation, report said. According to UBS Asset Management's Panorama mid-year outlook, titled Inflation: Rising to the Challenge ...