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Fund selectors harbour AI bubble fears, affirm belief in its longevity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... by 69%, and 65% anticipate increased stock market volatility. Although 62% expect a soft economic landing, 60% fear stagflation, especially in Asia (79%), EMEA (66%), and the UK (58%). To navigate this, fund selectors are fine-tuning strategies with ...

ECB raises rates to record high of 4%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
Overnight, the European Central Bank (ECB) raised interest rates by a further 25 basis points to a historical peak of 4%, saying inflation is simply still too high. The governing council remains determined in its efforts to drag inflation back down ...

Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... proper scenario testing is critical. Portfolio resilience is everything, he says. This means more scenario plays for stagflation, energy crises, or rapid interest rate hikes and more tests to check which straegies are performing well and which act as ...

Global pension report reveals flight to safety

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... markets to post stellar returns. That era has come to a crashing halt in 2022 as interest rate hikes and the threat of stagflation loom large. Asset owners don't expect that these issues will fade any time soon. The survey shows that the global economic ...

Sovereign wealth funds increase investment horizons, private market exposure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... prospects, while also making it harder to contain inflation, and in doing so made for a potentially toxic recipe for stagflation," the study said. Instead, respondents are deploying capital to the US and APAC, with 33% and 23% expecting to increase their ...

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... actively investing in the 70s, so we are all trying to be attuned to the risks that could arise, particularly if we see stagflation," she said. Hill is looking ahead for signs of recession in the US; "There is a debate over whether the US is already ...

Value investing a likely winner: Maple-Brown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... recent de-rating of many ASX listed companies will likely go further, favouring value investors. Maple-Brown said: "Stagflation fears and the end of easy money have already resulted in the de-rating of many high-flying stocks but it's likely there ...

Stagflation: What should we expect?

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2022 conference, a panel of economic experts shared their views on the current stagflationary environment. "Inflation's certainly here to stay in the near term," QIC chief ...

Yellen forebodes stagflation risks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... Germany, US secretary of the treasury Janet Yellen has called the global economic outlook challenging and uncertain; stagflation effects have depressed output and spending, she added. Yellen said the US understood when Russia invaded Ukraine that there ...

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... equitable growth, finance and institutions Indermit Gill said we are experiencing the largest shock since the 1970s and stagflation is likely. "Policymakers should take every opportunity to increase economic growth at home and avoid actions that will ...
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