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Retirees doing it tough: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... rose around 4.2% for the 'comfortable' couples and 4.7% for singles. "While this is marginally smaller than the annual inflation impact of 5.1% for wage earners, the reality is that retirees are doing it tough too," ASFA deputy chief executive Glen McCrea ...

Green ETFs on the up and up: AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... securities - this was more than a $1 billion increase on 2020," Blewitt said. "This year, against a backdrop of rising inflation, monthly ESG trading figures have not been as high as 2021 but are still well over 100 times higher than in 2019." According ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... expectations towards its assessment of tightening financial conditions. However, valuations of many assets remained elevated. "Inflation remained elevated, reflecting continued supply and demand imbalances, higher energy prices, and broader price pressures," ...

Total super assets grow to $3.4tn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... long-term trends and weaker investment performance. APRA attributed the investment weakness to high interest rates, rising inflation that's been exacerbated by constrained supply chains and further uncertainty brought about by the Ukraine conflict. Contributions ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
As interest rates rise and inflation grows, some are lamenting a possible knowledge and experience gap in the industry, with a considerable number of financial advisers having only ever known a low inflation environment. At its May meeting, the Reserve ...

Crestone warns on economic challenges

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... weaker than normal leading into the election." According to Crestone, this reflects the impact of global geopolitics, inflation, and rising interest rates, which will remain dominant in the period ahead. When it comes to foreign policy, Crestone highlighted ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... for the implementation of the program, the board's decision was made while the unemployment rate was close to 7% and inflation was well below its target band. At the KangaNews DCM Summit, assistant governor Christopher Kent explained that the decision ...

No place for crypto in insto portfolios: PGIM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... institutional investor. The research found crypto is an unreliable diversifier and an inadequate safe-haven asset or inflation hedge; gold performs better on this front and has done so since the 1970s, PGIM said. It also found that risk-adjusted returns ...

Risk asset volatility guaranteed: Western Asset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... be the best reopening sector. The report said: "Ongoing global growth is our base case and if we also get the reduced inflation that we expect to see over the course of 2022, then this would be extremely supporting of the case for emerging markets making ...

Yellen forebodes stagflation risks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... positioned to meet these challenges given the strength of its labour market and economy, but despite her conviction, global inflation levels have become calamitous. Yesterday, UK inflation hit a 40-year high of 9%. Likewise, the Australian Bureau of ...