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Why BlackRock is taking a risk-on view

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... Fed's nudged up long-run policy forecasts are starting to reflect our view of rates staying higher for longer than pre-pandemic. Markets are not eyeing that outlook for now. Second, stocks could grow more sensitive to macro news as profit margin ...

Calls for fresh 5% hike to minimum wage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... ACTU submission argued business can afford this "fair and sensible increase", especially as profits are well above pre-pandemic levels. It would also have "no negative impact on inflation", the ACTU said, partly because the wages and hours of some of ...

Why this fundie sees the economy making a hard landing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... aggregate cash flow among S&P/ASX 200 stocks mirror those of Australian consumer savings; there was a surge during the pandemic due to fiscal support, less working capital pressures, and higher pricing, but now, cash flow has declined. "While companies ...

Luxury fashion house sued over Birkin bag sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... division responsible for the Birkin recorded some of its highest sales, doubling its 2020 sales and rising 24% on pre-pandemic levels. Hermes has so far not commented on the class action.

AustralianSuper to deploy £8 billion in the UK

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... to date across UK and Europe, including a £375 million subordinated facility to support Heathrow Airport during the pandemic and a £230 million construction facility commitment to develop One Crown Place, a residential and office scheme in Central ...

Morningstar equities research lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... October 1987, the collapse of the Dot.com boom in 2000, the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, and more recently the Covid pandemic." "But financial markets prevail and move forward, upward and break records. Invest in growth assets for the long term." ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... effects of dispersion. When stocks tend to move together driven by the same macro drivers such as monetary policy or pandemic, it is difficult to pick the companies that outperform or namely the idiosyncratic risk that fund managers face, she told Financial ...

Long-term cost of super early release to be $85bn: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... people urged to withdraw their super and all Australian taxpayers for decades to come. "In the early stages of the COVID pandemic, before government assistance kicked in with JobKeeper, many Australians were encouraged to sacrifice their retirement savings ...

New chair for NZ Super Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... Super Fund continued to outperform its long-term investment benchmarks despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and significant market volatility." "Catherine Drayton has made a significant contribution to the fund, helping to steer ...

RBA anticipated to delay interest rate cuts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... peak of 7.8% in December 2022. Bloxham further emphasised that a larger underlying issue is Australia's weak post-pandemic productivity, ranking poorly among developed nations. This has driven unit labor costs - wages adjusted for productivity - ...
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