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Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... caps, certainly not large caps. Then with interest rates, that benefits small caps some more. If there's a degree of inflation in the system that benefits equities in general." Furthermore, the characteristics of some small caps are generally more ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered its benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points overnight as inflation comes within its target levels. The three key interest rates on the deposit facility, main refinancing operations and the marginal lending ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... a dynamic and evolving sector, with immense potential to provide attractive returns, portfolio diversification, and inflation protection," Morningstar said. "However, investors must weigh these benefits against the challenges of liquidity constraints ...

Alternatives high on the radar to escape Trump's tariffs: Fidante

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... (HNW) advisers shifting allocations to alternatives as HNW clients aim to diversify their portfolio, protect against inflation and delink returns from the public markets. Fidante Affiliates general manager Evan Reedman said the markets have reacted strongly ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... "... as far as markets are concerned, a sharp increase in tariffs - it's not good for growth, it's not good for inflation, and it's not good for company earnings," he said. But, he said, the news in May was toward less rather than more tariffs. ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... hour. This equates to a before-tax wage of $948 per week, up about $32, or an annual salary of $51,512. Accounting for inflation, which came in at 2.4% at the most recent read, it is a real wage increase of 1.1% - one of the largest awarded by the Fair ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... cannot envision ever being financially secure enough to afford retirement," Shead stressed. "Australians identified inflation, increased cost of living, and medical expenses as the top three barriers negatively impacting their retirement confidence. ...

Commodities 'crucial' for portfolio resilience: QIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... (QIC), commodities are positioned well, underpinned by trends emerging from evolving global dynamics. The return of inflation threats, increasing geopolitical risk and competition, supply chain volatility, and greater demand for diversification remain ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... living standards. Low unemployment is an opportunity not a risk. Reducing it further will not spark a fresh outbreak of inflation as some have wrongly suggested." Meanwhile, Colonial First State's (CFS) survey of 2250 Australians found one in five ...

Why emotions, cash derail good investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... portfolio in the event both stocks and bonds are falling? "That's what 2022 reminded us. Neither stocks nor bonds like inflation and that's when we had positive correlation," she said. In learning the lessons from 2022, Ward recalls the impact ...
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