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Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... markets were standout performers - especially the US - during the past year. With several central banks moving to ease monetary policy and markets responding positively, we anticipate this should continue in 2025. "Equity valuations are elevated but ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... second role with a sovereign wealth fund. Brake, a member of the investment and risk advisory panel that advises the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has been appointed to the NZ Super board. As chief investment officer of the Future Fund - and now an ...

Chalmers unveils new-look RBA boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
Treasury has appointed two new members to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy board as well as announcing who will take on roles on the governance board. This comes after a review of the RBA suggested splitting to board in two ...

RBA 'paves way' for February rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Gareth Aird agreed that a February rate cut seems feasible. "Once again monetary policy was characterised as 'restrictive'. The implication is that as the board becomes increasingly confident that inflation ...

Funds are 'getting back to basics', says report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... returns, generally targeting opportunities in private markets, emerging markets, and green assets, according to the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) Global Public Funds 2024 report. The report, which is based on discussions ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... GDP read reflects the RBA's restrictive policy settings. "The RBA's latest forecasts from the November Statement of Monetary Policy suggest an expectation that growth will pick up to 1.5% by December 2024 before climbing to 2.3% by June 2025," he ...

Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... investments and advice complaints were no remedy, or apology or explanation only (49%), service-based remedy (43%), and monetary remedy (7%). For the 2023-24 financial year, financial firms reported 72,238 complaints relating to investments and advice ...

Dividends to be down in FY25: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... weakening rates of growth as its property sector shows "scant signs of life" and consumer confidence remains poor. "Recent monetary and fiscal support measures look to us to fall short of what is required to meaningfully revive demand," he said. "China's ...

InvestSense marks 10th birthday

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... credit boom, the development of China and Asia more broadly, and the highly leveraged US financial sector and the likely monetary response. "At InvestSense, we believe that empowering advisers with the right tools and support makes a meaningful difference ...

Bullock hints at no rate cut in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... interest rate policy. "I am often asked, 'why aren't we cutting rates yet in Australia?'," she said. "While monetary policy is central to the RBA's mandate, our responsibilities encompass a broader range of activities that support the ...