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Challenger profits up, share price falls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... servicing, and we have participated in a number of flow and block opportunities that provide the Life business with attractive risk adjusted returns. Fidante also broadened its network of affiliate managers, welcoming System Capital to its stable," Hamilton ...

CSC sells down data centre holdings to Future Fund, Infratil

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... mandated target return of CPI+ 4%-5% over the long term," he said. "Infrastructure assets such as CDC provide attractive risk-adjusted returns and local currency exposure that protect the portfolio from volatile international conditions." Infratil chief ...

Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Barrenjoey chief economist Jo Masters believes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should hold off on making an interest rate cut today. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Masters said that while the market is pricing ...

Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... it's been in the last three decades," Tagg said. "I guess, for the very first moments of COVID and a range of geopolitical risk indices exist, and each show an uplift through the last decade, spiking, of course, with that COVID period, but remaining ...

Our results were strong: Alexis George

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
AMP chief executive Alexis George has told Financial Standard that the company's 2024 financial year results were strong, despite its share price being caned since the announcement. George said that wealth business flows, excluding its bank, have ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... would certainly be the place to start, but it's worth a reminder that policy will remain restrictive post a 25bp cut. The risk that a 25bp cut would super-charge growth or inflation is slim." Unlike Bassanese, Solomon said Bullock will want to avoid ...

Perpetual receives fresh KKR bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... offer not in the best interests of shareholders in December 2024. An independent expert informed the wealth manager that the risk and magnitude of increased potential tax liabilities, if the transaction were to be implemented, meant that it wouldn't ...

Centaur goes self-licensed, appoints former dealer group head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... speed." "We want to have corporate expertise but not forget where we came from - not forgetting the client. The greatest risk for businesses as they grow is starting to think about acquisitions or compliance and getting away from the one thing you came ...

Super's operational infrastructure 'not quite right'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... any problems." The report made several recommendations for super funds including investing and uplifting practices within risk management practices, notably in liquidity stress testing. It also said super funds should engage in more industry collaboration ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... Australians who choose to have their retirement savings managed by a profit-to-member fund with equal representation - and risk making them poorer in retirement."