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Rest awards responsible investment mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
The $70 billion industry fund, Rest, has awarded an investment mandate for its ethical investment option. The fund awarded an enhanced ESG mandate to Parametric and Calvert. The mandate is designed to provide further diversification to Rest's Sustainable ...

Inflation hitting retiree budgets: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... the previous quarter. "Australian retirees are now facing significant pressure on their budgets from non-discretionary inflation," ASFA deputy chief executive Glen McCrea said. "This means unavoidable price increases on goods and services such as food ...

CBA posts strong result, dividend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... services, supply-chain constraints and tightening labour market will likely lead to a further increase in the rate of inflation."

Inflation to hit ASX returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
According to new quantitative analysis, higher inflation in Australia is set to have a negative impact for ASX investors. SigTech, a quantitative technology company, provided analysis on how various inflation levels over the past 50 years have impacted ...

Future Fund now over $200bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... COVID-19 pandemic, and it has delivered exceptional returns. "The biggest challenge for investment at present is rising inflation, rising interest rates and the effect these will have on asset prices," he said. "We have come through a period of exceptional ...

Quay unveils currency hedged fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... unhedged fund, which has returned 13.92% p.a. since its inception in 2014, above its medium-term investment objective of inflation +5% p.a. Its best performers in 2021 included global storage businesses Safestore and Cubesmart, and commercial retail ...

Economists expect a rate rise: Finder

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... previously said that it would not raise rates until wage growth was at least 3%, we think the strength in underlying inflation along with the tight labour market will convince the Bank to hike rates first in August and lift rates to 1.25% by the end ...

Australians plough record cash into managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... July to just $1 billion in December. Enthusiasm for investing likely dwindled at the end of the year as both rising inflation and the sudden appearance of the Omicron variant in November dampened investors' spirits. "Australians have saved in record ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... Consumer Price Index release, despite a tight labour market. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham expects headline CPI inflation to increase to 3.1% year on year in Q4 2021. He observes that both demand and supply side factors should continue to offer support ...

Use of cryptos to boom in 2022: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... long suffered because their currencies are weak and extremely vulnerable to market changes and that triggers rampant inflation," Green said. "This is why most developing countries become reliant upon major 'first-world' currencies, such as the US dollar ...