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Spire Capital, Oaktree launch wholesale fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... much improved. Bargains generally result from investor disillusionment, and the potential for this - like the level of interest rates - is more in the investor's favor than was the case in recent history." Spire director and head of investments Stuart ...

Government must do more after product failures: FSC, SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
As the likes of Crescent Wealth and Insignia Financial respond to the 2023 superannuation performance test results, the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Super Consumers Australia have said the government must still do more to ensure members in underperforming ...

Latest CPI data provides case for rate pause

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... economist David Bassanese also said the overall continued decline in inflation further cements the case for the RBA leaving interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting next week. "My base case remains that the RBA has now concluded raising interest ...

Ninety-seven super products fail performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
Of the 97 products to fail this year's superannuation performance test, 96 are trustee-directed products - 75% of which are issued by the same four trustees. Released this morning, the 2023 performance test marks the first time trustee-directed ...

RBA considers impact of climate on monetary policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... effects on supply, climate change may also have an impact on longer run concepts like potential output and the neutral real interest rate, which can help to inform assessments on the appropriate stance of monetary policy." Because climate change could ...

Global dividends at all-time highs: Janus Henderson

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... Henderson head of global equity income Ben Lofthouse, economic growth around the world is moderating as it responds to higher interest rates. "Markets now expect global profits to be flat this year, after soaring to record highs in 2022, and when we ...

ASIC, RBA set high expectations for ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... ASX Clear and ASX Settlement to resource, consult and engage with the Advisory Group in good faith and in the public interest." Future RBA governor Michele Bullock said: "It is important that the market's trust and confidence in the CHESS replacement ...

Future Fund posts 6% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... positioned moderately below neutral risk settings at a time when the economic outlook and the direction of inflation and interest rates make investment returns less certain," he said. "We have made significant changes to the portfolio over the past two ...

It's time to fill your boots with private debt

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... private debt Susan Kasser came together for the discussion, which focused on how market volatility borne from rising interest rates, inflation, and supply chain issues have created a compelling investment opportunity in private debt. Nunez noted that ...

Praemium reports strong growth in FY23

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... of its international business. Reporting to the ASX today, Praemium posted a 23% uplift in underlying earnings before interest to $23.4 million, compared to the $19.1 million prior year Australian result. Including the impact of the discontinued international ...