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Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... countercyclical entry opportunity," Cooper said. The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and repealing of the Inflation Reduction Act may harm sentiment but it will not directly affect company forecasts, she said. Ninety One predicts growth in renewables ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... risk of investing in equities." Despite market fears, Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency in his first address may create a wave of opportunities for investors, deVere chief executive Nigel Green said. Trump took to the podium to reaffirm ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... terrible. You have Iran, maybe on the verge of nuclear weapons, North Korea sending troops," he said. "We have a world that may not be on fire but is smouldering and American leadership is required to fix this. And then we have China, and the complexity ...

Investors should avoid overvalued US sectors: Talaria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... the crowd but from having the patience and rationality to invest strategically. "The idea that prudence brings opportunity may raise eyebrows, but employing a disciplined approach will help investors resist the temptation to chase short-term gains which ...

FAAA accuses government of crucial CSLR failure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) believes the government may have failed in its obligations when introducing the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) by skipping a key step. Following a review of documents the FAAA obtained ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... year from the Investor Group on Climate Change found. Ganu predicts that in North America particularly, geopolitical changes may prompt slowdown in climate and DEI measures. "Nevertheless, Asian companies will do well as they continue to drive the right ...

One in five pension funds face liquidity risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... identify emerging liquidity risk. "While this is an intuitive and important trigger to monitor, reliance on a single trigger may be overly simplistic and could lead to an RSE licensee not perceiving broader risks, such as trends in member outflows or ...

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... now predicts that base rates will likely remain elevated throughout the year, with the first rate cut not expected before May, and for credit spreads to stay elevated, which will allow for an all-in risk premium that will "offer private credit lenders ...

Vision Super to drop fees upon merger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... modelling of the impacts of the merger indicates that millions of dollars in operational savings across the combined fund may be achieved in each financial year after the SFT," Vision Super said. "These synergies will help keep downward pressure on fees ...

ANZ, Macquarie bring forward rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Both ANZ and Macquarie have moved their interest rate cut predictions forward to February from May following last week's inflation data. ANZ head of Australian economics Adam Boyton said the bank was expecting core inflation to drop to 3.2%, down from ...