Weekly economic and market update – week ending 22 September, 2023

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets mostly fell over the last week as “higher for longer” interest rate signals from the Fed and some other central banks pushed

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Australians financially illiterate when it comes to retirement

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New research by AMP shows that most older Australians find it challenging to navigate our retirement system and lack knowledge about fundamental aspects of managing their retirement finances. For Australians

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 15 September, 2023

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets rose over the last week as economic data provided confidence that the Fed won’t have to raise rates again and can avoid

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North extends investment menu with new functionality for advisers and their clients

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North, one of Australia’s leading wrap investment platforms, has strengthened the breadth of its client offer with the addition of six new managed portfolios from global investment manager BlackRock. Advisers

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Has the RBA finished rate hikes?

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Key points It’s likely that the RBA’s cash rate has peaked with numerous indicators pointing to slower economic growth and inflationary pressures easing. While the risk in the short term

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 8 September, 2023

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Investment markets and key developments After a couple of weeks of gains global share markets fell again over the last week on renewed concerns about more central bank rate hikes,

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 1 September, 2023

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets rose further over the last week helped by US data showing a softening jobs market and continuing moderation in underlying inflation in

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China’s slowdown & structural challenges & the implications for Australia

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Key points China’s economy is slowing not helped by a property collapse and longer-term structural constraints around poor demographics and threats to productivity growth. China needs to save less and

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 18 August, 2023

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets fell over the last week on the back of concerns about more central bank rate hikes, ongoing upwards pressure on bond yields

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Why the need to lift productivity – and why it might be hard

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Key points The last 20 years have seen a slump in productivity growth in Australia from over 2% pa to less than 1% pa. This has curtailed growth in living

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