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Crestone warns on economic challenges

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... rise in the Asia Pacific region, as well as the complexity of the broader geopolitical environment, including the Russia-Ukraine war. "Deglobalisation and the potential impacts on defence expenditure, other international commitments, and Australia's ...

No place for crypto in insto portfolios: PGIM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... medium of exchange in illicit activity - such as the potential for skirting sanctions in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine." PGIM chief executive David Hunt said that for the manager to consider adding a new asset class to a portfolio, three things ...

Yellen forebodes stagflation risks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... uncertain; stagflation effects have depressed output and spending, she added. Yellen said the US understood when Russia invaded Ukraine that there would be spill over effects, but it was prepared to pay. "We're doing everything we can to make sure sanctions ...

Investors seek inflationary refuge in diversification strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... first quarter of 2022 has created a period of renewed uncertainty as investors grappled with the fallout of the war in Ukraine. As geopolitical tensions rose in the wake of this travesty, a series of consequential macroeconomic shifts have furthered ...

NGS to reduce emissions 35% in three years

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... and gas, how do you compensate for those periods of time where you have higher geopolitical tension, and shocks like the Ukraine conflict, how do you deal with those periods of time where you see periodic spikes in oil and gas in particular?" NGS will ...

US inflation wavers near a 40-year high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
... very seriously and it's my top domestic priority," Biden said. The president went on to blame the pandemic and the war in Ukraine for the historical inflation being incurred in countries all over the world. Likewise, the Federal Reserve attributed the ...

Future Fund battles challenging markets

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... will lead to higher interest rates around the world and in Australia." In addition, Costello said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has added to risk for international investors. "Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the fund moved to sell down all ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... 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. However, in Australia, super funds have provided what Swan called "an invaluable ...

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... Bureau of Statistics data shows the largest annual jump in CPI since 2000. The report from the World Bank says the war in Ukraine has dealt a massive blow to commodity markets, "altering global patterns of trade, production, and consumption in ways that ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... politics, China has become a threat, Grant even went so far as to say that: "There would not be the large-scale invasion of Ukraine if not for the close relationship between China and Russia." "What we're seeing in Ukraine is a consequence of the ...