Macroscope: The debt ceiling – an inevitable increase, an unavoidable reckoning

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Ninety One Strategist Sahil Mahtani and Analyst Daniel Morgan say that it is easy to imagine worse scenarios. At some point in the 2010s, it became unfashionable to worry about... Read more continue reading

From free money to free fall – don’t lose sight of the long term

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Well, what a difference six months can make. Throughout 2021 there were concerns building around valuations, the large swell of unintended consequences or distortions of near-free money that led to... Read more continue reading

The importance of fundamentals in uncertain times

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There is currently no shortage of uncertainty in global markets, and it looks like things will remain that way for the foreseeable future. The prolonged war in Ukraine coupled with... Read more continue reading

Your Future Your Super reforms still on the wrong track

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Despite some helpful tweaks to the proposed format of the Your Future Your Super performance test to make it fairer and reduce some unintended consequences, more changes are needed, says Chant... Read more continue reading

Market climbing a wall of worry

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Market environment In market parlance, you’d say that the market is climbing the wall of worry. That’s actually quite a positive sign, which might seem unusual.  But when you keep... Read more continue reading

The housing market’s turning – and not just in Australia

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Is FORA (fear of renting again) driving global residential markets? In March, Australia, the US and Canada recorded their first monthly increase in residential prices. UK house prices have been... Read more continue reading

Ariel Investments broadens access to Emerging Markets Value

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Ariel’s first dedicated emerging markets offerings, the Ariel Emerging Markets Value and Ariel Emerging Markets Value ex-China portfolios, offer Australian institutional investors exposure to a concentrated portfolio of companies with long-term... Read more continue reading

More public companies are making climate commitments but deadline to limit warming to 1.5°C shrinks again

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The number of global public companies making climate commitments has steadily grown this year, but these targets vary significantly in their comprehensiveness and ambition, according to the latest MSCI Net-Zero Tracker[1], a gauge... Read more continue reading

HUB24 launches ESG whitepaper to support adviser and client conversations 

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HUB24 has announced the launch of a new whitepaper ‘Investing for the future, with clients of the future’ outlining environmental, social, and governance (ESG) trends and insights from leading industry experts... Read more continue reading

Borrowers exploiting cashback loophole

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Borrowers have increasingly been exploiting a lending loophole and going cashback mortgage shopping over the past year, according to one of Australia’s most awarded mortgage brokers. Zippy Financial Director and... Read more continue reading