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Partners Group selects RE for new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
Partners Group has launched a new private debt fund in Australia and appointed Equity Trustees as responsible entity. The Partners Group Global Income Fund - Unlisted comprises private debt investments, focuses on capital preservation and targets a ...

Reserve Bank fallout after hawkish pivot

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... sought to withdraw the extraordinary monetary support afforded to Australians during the pandemic and to tame swelling inflation figures. In a statement about the decision, RBA governor Phillip Lowe acknowledged "this increase in interest rates comes ...

Reserve Bank lifts cash rate target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... place during the pandemic. It's the first rate rise since November 2010. "The economy has proven to be resilient and inflation has picked up more quickly, and to a higher level, than was expected," Lowe said. "There is also evidence that wages growth ...

Future Fund battles challenging markets

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... market was flat," Future Fund Board of Guardians chair Peter Costello said. "A large part of this was due to rising inflation which will lead to higher interest rates around the world and in Australia." In addition, Costello said the Russian invasion ...

Packhorse acquires trophy property, opens next raise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... chair Tim Samway is enthusiastic about the upcoming capital raise and said in a time of political uncertainty, rising inflation, stock market volatility and a climate change crisis, wholesale and institutional investors were looking for the security ...

Low wage growth a deliberate design feature: ACTU

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... century that workers' real incomes are lower as they head to the polls than they were the last time they voted. Surging inflation has cut the real pay of a worker on average earnings by nearly $2000 in the first half of this year alone. The report added ...

RBA weighs controversial pre-election rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... Australia (RBA) will make a decision on interest rates which could have huge political implications. At present, underlying inflation is well above the RBA's target band and most economists have said interest rate rises are inevitable. However, a move ...

LGIAsuper reduces fees, adds indexed option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... investment menu in June, with plans to introduce a low-cost Indexed Balanced option targeting a return of 2.75% above inflation over 10 years. Total fees on the option will be 0.28%, including an investment fee of 0.10% and admin fee of 0.18%. On a $50,000 ...

Investors sweat over inflation, interest rates: Survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... from Investment Trends shows yield expectations among equities investors are at a 15-month low and concerns over rising inflation and likely increases to interest rates are growing. A survey of active investors in March reveals greater optimism for the ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... source, superannuation is perhaps needed now more than ever before as big economic issues confront Australia. Global inflation, rising borrowing costs, a global debt spiral, a pandemic and now a war in Ukraine have gut-punched already struggling economies. ...