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Household spending drops in September: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
The Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) Household Spending Insights (HSI) index fell 0.7% month on month in September, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a gain in August of 1.6%. The fall in September was in line with expectations, CBA chief economist Stephen ...

Harris vs Trump: Key economic policy differences

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
MLC senior economist Bob Cunneen has said the US budget deficit is expected to soar over the next 10 years no matter who wins the upcoming US presidential election. Cunneen said the US people will once again "be making profound choices" come November ...

High-profile Tribeca manager sets up shop

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
Tribeca Investment Partners portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu is taking her top-performing $1.5 billion long-short equity fund to set up a new shop. Liu is effectively taking the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund in a management buyout with the "blessings" of Tribeca ...

Best and worst performing ETFs revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
The best and worst performing Australian ETFs have been identified in new analysis by InvestSMART in its inaugural ETF Scorecard report. The report provides a ranking of ETFs based on their performance to 31 August 2024. The best performing ETF was ...

European private equity strategy launches down under

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
Global firms S64 Capital and HG Capital have joined forces to bring their flagship private equity offering to Australia. The firms are launching the Hg Fusion Private Capital Fund (HFPCF) to local investors as a feeder fund in the form of a unit trust. ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
The $3 million superannuation tax passed the lower house yesterday afternoon with a majority vote count of 52:9, however attempts to see the tax indexed were shot down. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other ...

Netwealth FUA soars, names new chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
Netwealth has reported a record quarterly increase in funds under administration (FUA) of $7.4 billion bringing total FUA to $95.4 billion thanks to new inflows and positive market movements. Total funds under management (FUM) also rose an impressive ...

Hamilton Lane debuts private markets infra fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
Hamilton Lane is introducing an evergreen private markets infrastructure fund to local qualified investors. The Hamilton Lane Global Private Infrastructure Fund is a total return strategy, targeting capital appreciation and income, and gives qualified ...

Ares buys GCP International in $5.5bn deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
Ares Management Corporation will acquire the international business of GLP Capital Partners and certain affiliates, boosting its assets under management (AUM) by $65 billion (US$44bn). The business, known as GCP International, is being bought for $5.5 ...

Market has priced in 'too many' rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
Investors are betting on several interest rate cuts from the US Federal Reserve before the year comes to a close. T. Rowe Price head of investment grade and portfolio manager in the fixed income division Steve Boothe said the market is pricing in several ...