Insights

This Best Practice CPD series is published by AdviserVoice and sponsored by Bennelong Funds Management.

2022 is shaping up as potentially another challenging year, with the combined effects of the ongoing COVID crisis together with evolving inflationary pressures presenting governments and central banks around the world with some challenging policy decisions.

According to CoreLogic, Australian house prices increased +22.1%[1] in 2021, led by Australia’s largest city of Sydney (+25.3%).

Real estate fund manager Quay Global Investors has launched a new currency hedged fund, the Quay Global Real Estate Fund (AUD Hedged) (‘the Hedged Fund’).

During his 2020 election campaign, President Biden made commitments to relieve the economic hardship being experienced by a rising percentage of the US population, as well as fast-tracking decarbonisation of the economy to meet the challenge of global warming.

COVID might have tragically disrupted business as usual in the aged care sector but there are opportunities for investors as the sector regains its health.

The Australian Government recently released its plan to reach Net Zero emissions by 2050, finally joining the long list of countries already committed to achieving this target by 2050 or sooner.

Bricks-and-mortar retail sales are 16% higher there than they were before the pandemic, and shares in the nation's biggest shopping centre owner, Simon Property Group, have risen to match.

This December, Bennelong Funds Management has made a donation to the Foodbank Victoria Christmas Appeal in lieu of printing and posting Christmas cards.