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Investment down as uncertainty rises

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
The outlook for business investment has deteriorated over the past year, according to the quarterly Investment Monitor report by Deloitte Access Economics. "The slowdown in the Australian economy has hit business revenues. This has particularly been ...

Chalmers 'managing pressures' to shore up economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... this is shaped by a pronounced slowdown in China, a new administration in the US with new priorities, and an uncertain outlook for Europe and the Middle East," he said. "The fourth economy is about how we make Australia an island of opportunity and prosperity ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... investments that both delivered high single digit returns over the year." Chatfield said he remains constructive on the outlook for equities and retains a moderate overweight position. "While valuations are elevated in certain markets, which has tempered ...

Netwealth, Praemium see inflows soar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... expanded our new business pipeline. While we expect Q3 FY2025 flows to be seasonally lower, we are confident in our inflows outlook for the remainder of FY2025." Netwealth said that in light of a favourable revenue and market outlook, it has advanced ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... executives across 17 countries and nine industries. Seventy percent of Australian executives remain optimistic about the outlook for their business, compared to 54% for the year prior. Globally, 62% of large organisations are optimistic - an increase ...

CC Capital outbids Bain again, increases Insignia offer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... that the proposal also vindicated the research house's view that Insignia is undervalued and has an improved earnings outlook. He said Insignia's earnings momentum is improving on the back of cost cutting exercises and better product flows, but that ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... inflation has further room to decline and because the risk to growth is to the downside. Higher bond yields threaten the outlook for equities from a valuation point of view. "We expect that US 10-year yields will decline back towards 4% later this year." ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will inject uncertainty to private markets, according to IFM Investors' Private Markets Macro Outlook. IFM Investors chief economist Alex Joiner added political risk will be considered equally important, particularly as ...

Bitcoin now 7th largest global asset

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... environment following the US election, Binance said. Locally, Binance found Australian investors remain bullish on the outlook for cryptocurrency in 2025. In a survey of over 500 attendees at Australian Crypto Con - held in Sydney in November - over ...

Insignia takeover heats up, Bain Capital ups bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... analyst Shaun Ler said CC Capital's bid "vindicates our view that Insignia was undervalued, and that its earnings outlook is brighter versus its 2023-24 levels." "The firm is recovering from past headwinds that hurt its ability to attract and retain ...