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Interest rates will jump to slay "the evil of inflation": Lowe

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... increase in interest rates needed to bring it down would be greater," Lowe said. "This would increase the risk of a severe recession and a sharp rise in unemployment. It would be much better to avoid such a costly outcome and so we have acted strongly ...

Central banks to tighten on all sides: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... returns and less duration risk." "We stay underweight discount margin stocks whose valuations don't reflect the recession we expect to hit corporate earnings."

US recession probability reaches 75% - is Australia at risk?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
According to UNSW Business School associate professor Konark Saxena, the probability of a US recession is about 75%, possibly impacting several macroeconomic indicators. To bring down inflation, the US Federal Reserve must increase interest rates until ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... allocation to strategies designed to protect the portfolio against inflationary scenarios. In addition, the risk of a global recession has increased at the same time, further testing investment strategies. "The portfolio continues to be positioned moderately ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... an enormous elephant in the budgetary room. The budget was conditioned on a forecast for the global economy to avoid recession and the Australian economy to expand by 1.5% next year; this is heroic to say the least. In our view a global recession is ...

Perpetual takeover of Pendal progresses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
In Perpetual's first quarter business update, it said that progress has been made across the key conditions to the Pendal Group takeover, including client consents and regulatory approvals. Perpetual chief executive and managing director Rob Adams ...

ETF industry drops in value

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... as a long-term source of income given the rise in interest rates." Tieu explained while you can't escape the talk of recession, the best thing investors can do at present is to tune out the noise and focus on meaningful portfolio diversification. "Financial ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... has lost about half of its gains since 2021. This is the largest single year decline in funded ratio since the Great Recession. The foremost contributing factors to the current level of unfunded liabilities were underperforming investments, lower assumed ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... monetary policy than is currently reflected in financial market pricing. This would exacerbate the risk of a global recession and likely result in a further widening in risk premiums," the review said. "Large and disorderly declines in financial asset ...

Chief executives anticipate recession: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
The current economic climate is a top concern for global chief executives, but many are already prepared for a recession, according to the KPMG 2022 Chief Executive Outlook. The report said 86% of chief executives believe a recession will happen over ...