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Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... the IMF said. "Expectations for inflation in major economies over the next year or two-implied by the difference between nominal and inflation-linked government bond yields-have been climbing again. "In economies still experiencing persistent and above-target ...

Raiding super can worsen housing affordability: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... the property market would exacerbate the current state of inaccessibility and unaffordability for many. Since 2000, the nominal median house price weighted by capital city has increased by about 7% per annum compared with average growth in full-time ...

Economists react to latest RBA rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... rate would not typically be worryingly high, it has coincided with dismal productivity outcomes in Australia," he said. Nominal unit labour costs lifted by 6.6% year over year in Q4 2023, which is "far too high" to be consistent with the RBA's 2-3% ...

Mergers a boon for super member growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... total membership and assets," Perple founding director John Myers said. Conversely, the funds that experienced the worst nominal net member growth were AMP, Insignia Financial, Colonial First State (CFS), Commonwealth Bank Officers Super, and TWUSUPER. ...

Former director pleads guilty to hedge fund con

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... prospective investors that they could invest it in either a 'hedge fund' or an 'income fund'. Investing in the hedge fund, for a nominal one-off fee clients were told they'd receive a split of profits from Sandiford investing in foreign exchange products ...

Emerging markets well placed for 2024

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... inflation-targeting credibility." This, Buchet said, leaves the space exhibiting some of the highest levels of real and nominal yields of the past 20 years. "We make the case that this combination of fair fundamentals, well identified risks, ultra-low ...

Mild recession in 2024, higher interest rates: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... The fund manager maintains its position on sticking to a 60-40 portfolio, confident in the probability of it achieving a nominal return of 7%. "This is due in part to higher interest rates spurring a substantial increase in bond return expectations. ...

Equity Trustees offloads Irish business

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
Equity Trustees will sell its Irish business for a nominal sum, having reached a deal with its management team. The Irish business is being purchased via a management buyout by Equity Trustees Ireland chief executive Kevin Lavery, with additional investment ...

VanEck to launch three fixed income ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... (ETPs) have attracted $2.6 billion in assets. "We anticipate greater demand for fixed income as central banks have pushed nominal yields higher. There is almost $15 billion out of $156 billion assets under management in Australian fixed income and we ...

Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... that the Fed will achieve the much-vaunted soft landing," he said. In the UK, the tight labour market continues to keep nominal wage growth elevated. "Job vacancies, though declining, have remained historically elevated. Labour supply constraints, including ...
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