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Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... much less a sitting president, has dropped out just weeks before the convention," Weiss said. "While the outcome of the election is often about the economy, the economy (and markets) is rarely about the election. "Investing based on elections is like ...

SEC gives final approval for Ethereum ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... US regulated commodity venues (i.e., CME). This could potentially change should we have a new SEC chair after the US election," they said.

Mercer Super chalks up 11.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
Mercer Super's SmartPath, its default lifecycle investment option, has delivered returns ranging from 11.2% and 11.7% for the last financial year. Mercer's acting chief investment officer for the Pacific region Sue Wang said the results were an excellent ...

Equip Super returns 9.23% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... could impact future returns. "We are cautious of potential heightened market volatility leading up to the US presidential election in November. Inflation has moderated, but it remains elevated, possibly limiting future interest rate cuts," he said. "So ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... appeared to be "significant reluctance to implement these cuts swiftly", primarily due to the upcoming US presidential election. "The Fed always strives to remain apolitical and avoid actions that could be construed as favoring one political outcome ...

UK government to establish national wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
Delivering on a key election promise, the newly installed UK government will launch a National Wealth Fund in the coming days to ramp up private sector investment in infrastructure projects. Announced overnight, the UK Infrastructure Bank and the British ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... fragile even after a better start to the year." Metcalfe said particular attention is being paid to the US markets as the election gets into full swing. "The US will face its own political event risk later this year, but the lesson from June was that ...

AMP MySuper options power past double-digit returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
AMP's MySuper 1970s investment option, its largest by funds under management, had a return of 11.4% for FY24. Meanwhile, the retail super fund's 1980s and 1990s investment options returned 11.31%, respectively. AMP said a high allocation to ...

Principal Finisterre launches new debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
Principal Finisterre has launched a new emerging markets debt total return strategy to Australian institutional and wholesale investors. The fund aims to capitalise on the increased interest in emerging market debt (EMD). Principal said the strategy's ...

Budget 2024: The Budget by numbers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Chalmers said his government found $27.9 billion in savings and reprioritisations in the Budget and $77.4 billion since the election. "We're limiting real spending growth to an average on 1.4% per year since we came to government, less than half ...