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Young women report low financial literacy: NAB

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
Young Australian women are reporting lower financial literacy levels and are at greater risk of financial hardship, according to new NAB research. NAB's Financial hardship survey, revealed the most significant dip in financial literacy is seen in ...

Quality is worth paying for in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
... will deliver both attractive income and capital appreciation. "We think weaker growth should contribute to lower interest rate expectations," it said. "Market expectations that the Fed will not cut rates below 4% within the next five years are overly ...

Small, large entity regulation needs balance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... [system]," he told the ASIC Annual Forum this morning. While the major banks are raking in massive profits from a higher interest rate environment, many smaller players here and overseas are not in the same boat, particularly as capital markets costs ...

Private market deal activity set to persist amid high-rates: Aviva

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... compressed, repricing more slowly than public market equivalents; a trend consistent through the most recent spate of interest-rate hikes. The investment manager noted while illiquidity premia in real estate debt has tightened, leading to more refinancings ...

Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock defended the central bank's use of monetary policy and hiking interest rates amid many challenges that looks to keep inflation at stubborn levels over the next two years. Speaking at the ASIC Annual ...

MA Financial issues first RMBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... added that fixed income investors should invest in credit that is linked to cash rates, such as RMBS that have a floating rate of interest that increases if rates go up. "Despite the global challenges, we believe that RMBS are better protected now from ...

AFCA secures $1.2bn in refunds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Since its inception, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has clawed back $1.2 billion in compensation and refunds for more than 400,000 consumers and small businesses. Reaching its fifth year in operation, AFCA explained its efforts ...

Advisers turning to cash, fixed income: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... their product usage, with ETFs and managed accounts being the preferred choices. "With the backdrop of the most accelerated rate hike cycle in recent history (domestically and in most OECD countries), the pendulum has certainly fully swung the other ...

Wages growth reaches unsustainable level: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... labour market and the Fair Work Commission's decision to uplift the minimum award wage significantly. "The unemployment rate has remained around a 48-year low, pretty much all year, which is an incredible outcome," she noted. "Further, the Fair Work ...

Currency hedging solution launched for managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... spot and over the counter derivatives, the fund provides investors with up to three times leveraged exposure to the exchange rate, which means that for investors to achieve a 100% hedge, they only need to allocate one-third of the capital, Rochford explained. ...