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Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... therefore issued the Future Fund with a new investment mandate, which sets a target return of at least the Consumer Price Index (CPI) +4 to +5% over the long term. This is a reduction in the target return of 0.5%." Morrison added the Government supports ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... in-betweeners - in terms of RBA monetary policy direction. This is because the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index's latest report confirms whatever bias you have on the outlook for interest rates - up, down or unchanged. Those ...

New fund manager hot property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... manager plans to create a fee structure that has the annual base management fee quantum to rise only by the Consumer Price Index, with no free ride as a result of market movement. Hardie said: "Our performance will be judged on the absolute return at ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... This is the message from the September quarter inflation update. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Consumer Price Index, Australia, Sep 2016" report shows the annual headline CPI inflation rate accelerating to 1.3% in the third quarter from ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... Bank commits itself to expanding the monetary base until the year-on-year rate of increase in the observed consumer price index (CPI) exceeds the price stability target of 2 percent and stays above the target in a stable manner." (BOJ) Innovative? Most ...

NAB dispels housing bubble "toil and trouble"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... over the past two decades - going from a median price of $140,000 to $550,000 - and vastly "outstripped" the consumer price index, there were no real indicators that there was any kind of bubble about to burst. He pointed to warnings from IMF and Steve ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Inflation crashes to 1pct The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in the June quarter 2016, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures. This follows a fall of 0.2% in the March quarter 2016. Annual inflation is now just 1.0% ...

Ethics and income not incompatible: Martin Currie

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... in excess of the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation index yield, and long term income stream growth in excess of the Consumer Price Index. "Currently both portfolios have an expected twelve month yield of 7.7% (fully franked) and income is expected to grow by ...

Data says not yet but what would Janet say?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... ex-energy showed no pick-up last month after gaining 0.4% in January. While this is less important than the consumer price index (CPI) - due out tomorrow - less price pressures at the producer level provides an early indication of inflation at the consumer ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... from the UK government's 2010 decision to link pension increases for retired public sector workers to the Consumer Price Index rather than the Retail Price Index (RPI), which is seen as a more generous measure of inflation. The government's decision ...