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Big super a boon for financial stability: RBA

The RBA says that super funds’ long investment horizons are a positive for the stability of the financial system but that widening access to the savings they contain would require more careful liquidity management.

Lachlan Maddock | 13th Nov 2024 | More
Why Revolution won’t sweat ‘the mother of all default cycles’

Commentators warn that a new default cycle will strip the shine from private debt strategies, but not all managers have been “sitting on their hands”. And the dislocation in commercial real estate is creating new opportunities for savvy managers.

Lachlan Maddock | 9th Aug 2023 | More
‘Still a lot of storm clouds’: Why (and how) Equip is preparing for a recession

The “embers of optimism” are fading every day, and the $30 billion Equip Super is preparing for the big one. Still, there’s hope – however small – that the worst may be avoided.

Lachlan Maddock | 19th Oct 2022 | More
  • Future Fund prepares for tough times ahead

    The Future Fund’s unbroken run of robust returns is about to the face a tough new investment paradigm. A stronger bent to “skill-based investments” might help them weather the storm. There’s a strong argument for the Future Fund being one of the wonders of the investing world. Seeded with $60 billion 13 years ago, it’s…

    Lachlan Maddock | 2nd Feb 2022 | More
    ‘They stuffed it up’: RBA plays catch up

    The RBA is lagging its global peers with light touch monetary policy and lax guidance that will hinder, rather than help, markets and the economy. “The RBA had a good first 18 months of Covid and then it came off the rails a bit towards the end of last year and into this year,” Stephen…

    Lachlan Maddock | 28th Jan 2022 | More
    Market storm won’t change winners and losers

    A storm has hit global equity markets. But investors should ignore the blood on the floor and focus instead on the big structural changes that will underpin earnings for decades to come. “The storm that’s hit Australian equity markets in the last couple of days is a storm we’ve been sitting in for the best…

    Lachlan Maddock | 25th Jan 2022 | More
  • Forget Covid, it’s all about cyber-attacks now

    Investor concerns about the pandemic are fading. All eyes are now on the burgeoning threat of cyber-attacks, and what they mean for financial system stability. The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) risk barometer was launched in 2013, and provides a handy insight into what’s worrying investors in any given year. And after two years…

    Lachlan Maddock | 10th Dec 2021 | More
    Biden bill a boon for listed infrastructure

    It’s all coming up roses for the asset class, which is set to benefit from rising inflation and global spending programs. A boom delayed is still a boom. The delta variant stymied reopening plans and the fiscal stimulus expected to accompany them, but listed infrastructure investors will breathe easier as government spending finally goes ahead….

    Lachlan Maddock | 18th Nov 2021 | More
  • ASX sags 0.7% as RBA starts road to tightening

    ASX sinks, RBA’s taper tantrum, Lew hits Myer again The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) closed around its lows on a busy Tuesday with the long-awaited monetary policy decision released at 2pm sending the market into negative territory. Every sector barring energy, which is benefitting from an OPEC impasse, finished lower with bond proxies including communications and healthcare…

    Investor Strategy News | 6th Jul 2021 | More
    Lacklustre ASX declines 0.3% as RBA holds steady

    ASX falls but 2% higher in May, Macquarie, Magellan looking to the future The ASX200 (ASX: XJO) fell 0.3% on Tuesday, the first day of winter, with consumer confidence taking a hit as the Victorian lockdown rolls on. Every sector was weaker except energy and materials, which added 1.3% and 0.3% respectively. Healthcare and financials were the…

    Investor Strategy News | 2nd Jun 2021 | More