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Tech bubble top of mind for super funds in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... (47%) is the biggest worry heading into next year. Re-inflation (43%), geopolitical shocks (40%) and a potential government debt or fiscal crisis (40%) are the next cause of concerns. While super fund members are reaping artificial intelligence-fuelled ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... market will be stable. The main challenge in the market is the level of debt in the US economy, and particularly government debt following the passage of the US$3.6 trillion One Big Beautiful Bill. Fiscal risk has become a thing. "The concerns occupying ...

Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... boost US economic growth, Masters said, interest rates with a large fiscal deficit will also come to the fore. "Government debt in the US is forecast to go from 100% of GDP to 140% of GDP under Trump's policies. So, more issuance, higher interest ...

World on the brink: Frontier Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... unsustainable debt, geopolitical rifts, and climate inaction. The report said after spiking at the onset of COVID-19, government debt levels as a proportion of GDP briefly retraced but have since continued their upward trajectory to historically high ...

Australia a top destination for international investment: QIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... foreign debt position, which sits at 32% of GDP. This offsets a favourable public sector debt position where gross government debt is just 55% of GDP, which is significantly lower than the global average of 85%," Peter said. "Clearly, Australia's debt ...

Harris vs Trump: Key economic policy differences

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... deficits very high and add to the national debt over coming years," he said. "This is a major concern given that US government debt is estimated to be circa 120% of gross domestic product. So, the US is already a high debt country that is dependent on ...

Global X launches new gold ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... gold prices are well supported. Statistically, the best two predictors of the gold price are real yields on US government debt and the strength of the US dollar. With markets forecasting these to possibly fall late in 2024 or early in 2025, if history ...

Balanced portfolios to reap rewards in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... portfolio strategy and UBS Wealth Way Solutions, Americas Daniel J Scansaroli, says slower global growth rates, higher government debt, deglobalisation and a focus on digitisation is likely to shift growth further into private sectors. "Structural shifts ...

Fitch downgrades US credit rating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
Fitch has downgraded the US's credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing fiscal deterioration, a growing government debt burden, and an erosion of governance that has manifested in repeated debt limit standoffs. "Over the next decade, higher interest rates ...

Australia lags in global fund disclosure: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... bond fund, it need only disclose the name of the fund manager, obscuring whether the investment was in Australian government debt, emerging-market bonds, and so on. If the external fund had exposure to a 'blow-up', such as Credit Suisse hybrids ...
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