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Macquarie chair provides 'cautious' outlook at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... condition, inflation and interest rates and significant volatility events as a factor that could impact its short-term outlook. Macquarie chair Glenn Stevens said the group's performance was strong in the first quarter "which says something about the ...

Middle East conflict, inflation continues to weigh on confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... Although consumer confidence has increased slightly according to ANZ's index, weaker personal finance and the economic outlook continue to halt confidence. The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence index rose just 0.3 points to 75.6 in the week ...

Special Feature: Rewarding patient capital

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... assets for longer, with the average holding period stretching to seven years in 2025 from five years in 2010. Fundraising outlook Bain & Company's Global Private Equity Report 2026 reported that although private capital raised $US1.3 trillion last year ...

WAM active strategy delivers 75.5%

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
WAM Active (ASX: WAA), one of Wilson Asset Management's (WAM) active listed investment companies (LICs), has recorded 75.5% in investment performance in the 12 months to 30 June 2026. Outperforming the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index (Cash) and the ...

Aberdeen backs global growth despite rising inflation

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... 3.2% this year, remaining above trend despite a recent energy shock which kept inflation elevated and complicated the outlook for central banks. Aberdeen Investments chief investments officer Peter Branner said the investment backdrop remained supportive ...

IMF downgrades Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded the growth forecast for Australia from 2% to 1.9% in its latest World Economic Outlook. This comes as Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Sarah Hunter hinted to the Australian Conference ...

RBA on hold, rate cuts expected

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... the oil supply disruption." The RBA said it will continue to be attentive to the data and the evolving assessment of the outlook and risks to guide its decisions. "In doing so, it will pay close attention to developments in the global economy and financial ...

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... multi-dimensional crises. Last year, APRA undertook its first SRST for superannuation funds as flagged in its System Risk Outlook report.

T. Rowe Price stays underweight on Australia, overweight on US

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
... Price also cautioned investors to not mistake the current resilience in the market for stability. In its midyear market outlook, it noted while global markets have remained resilient in the first half of the year, the second half will likely be defined ...

Ausbil sees AI, critical minerals driving next growth cycle

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
... new wave of long-term investment opportunities despite ongoing geopolitical and energy market volatility. In a market outlook, Ausbil chief economist Jim Chronis and executive chair, chief investment officer and head of equities Paul Xiradis said structural ...
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