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Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022

... an Allens consulting estimate that showed super funds held equity equal to about 26% of shares on the Australian stock market at the peak of the GFC. Swan pointed out that super funds had done the same during the COVID-19 crisis. He said: "Funds stepped ...

RBA eyes an early rate hike

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022

... "Given the economic uncertainty created by Russia's war against Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic and heightened stock market volatility, the central bank may choose to wait until June to raise interest rates." "Following that, bond markets are pricing ...

Fund inflows drop sharply: Calastone

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022

Calastone insights have found that Australians' investment appetite has cooled markedly in the first quarter of 2022. The quarterly fund flow index from Calastone found that after record inflows to managed equity funds in 2021, the value of new cash ...

Supply chain, labour shortage fears: Analysts

CHLOE WALKER | TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022

Fidelity have released the results of their latest global analyst's survey, revealing analysts have serious concerns about ongoing supply chain disruption and labour shortages as economies recover from the pandemic. The annual Fidelity survey of analysts ...

EM investors brace for geopolitical impact

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022

... according to Martin Currie, pointing out the country's political risk that investors take on. The country's stock market is dominated by state-owned national champions such as Gazprom, Rosneft and Sberbank. "The politicised nature of the Russian ...

Inflation to hit ASX returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022

... technology company, provided analysis on how various inflation levels over the past 50 years have impacted the Australian stock market. Australian inflation peaked at almost 4% in 2021, after a decade of remaining at or below the RBA's 2-3% target range. ...

Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022

From skyrocketing property prices to a foreboding stock market crash, financial advisers reveal their clients' main worries in 2022. Wild swings across the local and international share markets is a concern for many clients, particularly as indices ...

Australia bucks concentration trend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022

... Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). This index is a widely used measure of market concentration that can also be applied to stock market indices," S&P Dow Jones Indices senior analyst Eduardo Olazabal explained. "It is calculated by squaring the market ...

Australian billionaires double fortunes during pandemic: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER | MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022

... financial markets to save the economy, yet much of that has ended up lining the pockets of billionaires riding a stock market boom." Morgain said that inequality at such pace and scale is happening by choice, not chance. "Not only have our economic structures ...

High-net-worth investors richer, optimistic

ANNABELLE DICKSON | MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021

... investors control 40% of assets held by HNW investors. HNW investors are also much more optimistic with 68% expecting the stock market to rise (up from 40% in 2020). One-fifth of investors said their key objective in the next year is to maximise capital ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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