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The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... strong recovery heading into 2024, and to some extent this continued amid stabilising interest rates and an easing of monetary policies, he said. Australian bonds benefited from this trend, recording a 3% return for the year, outperforming global bonds. ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... the Fed is concerned at repeating the mistakes of the 1970s 'stagflation-heavy' environment where a premature easing of monetary policy, while inflation remained elevated, led to an extended period of economic dislocation, including high inflation, low ...

REITs see best start versus equities in a decade: Principal AM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... to avoid one, REITs are likely to outperform equities. This outlook, he said, is underpinned by "tailwinds from easing monetary conditions" and a "defensive market rotation." Rush added that the current investment case for REITs rests on two ingredients ...

Institutional capital returns to retail real estate after hiatus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... relatively stable and conducive economic environment, marked by strong population growth, stabilising inflation, and expected monetary policy easing through the year. The report noted Australia has the highest forecast population growth of any mature ...

RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... significant weight to their decision making. "Members observed that the May meeting would be an opportune time to revisit the monetary policy setting with the benefit of additional data about inflation, wages, the labour market and trends in economic ...

Bullock hushes rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... said. Bullock said the RBA is working to "build a fuller picture" of the possible impacts as it prepares for the May monetary policy meeting. "There are a lot of moving parts. We are bringing all this together to form an objective assessment of what ...

ASIC asks for input on reportable situations, IDR dashboards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... investments and advice complaints were no remedy, or apology or explanation only (49%), service-based remedy (43%), and monetary remedy (7%). In FY24, financial firms reported 72,238 complaints relating to investments and advice and around 63% were resolved ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... reciprocal tariffs on countries based on a calculation of the tariff equivalent of existing tariffs, other taxes and non-monetary barriers that impact US exports. In what Trump described as a "kind" gesture, the US tariffs would be imposed at half the ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... pending greater clarity on the outlook. "Inflation, however, could move in either direction. Many central banks have eased monetary policy since the start of the year, but they have become increasingly attentive to the evolving risks from recent global ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... we do not believe that the inflation beast has been fully tamed. Yesterday's budget measures indicate that fiscal and monetary policy continues to be at odds, with a number of measures, including the tax cuts, student debt cuts, and the spending on Medicare ...