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Economic stimulus unlikely in budget: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
While the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is focused on cooling inflation, it's unlikely the May budget will look to boost the economy, Commonwealth Bank's Gareth Aird tells Financial Standard. Some were stumped this week after the RBA sent ...

Liontrust, GAM to create $100bn fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
Liontrust Asset Management will acquire Zurich-based GAM to create a nearly $100 billion (£53bn) entity. GAM, which has about $39.3 billion (£20.9bn) in assets under management and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, said that it is in favour of ...

Kilter Rural launches $500m agriculture fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
The Kilter Agriculture Fund is set to launch this month, providing investors access to institutional quality farmland aggregation in the New South Wales Riverina. The initiative will see an initial purchase of 7000 hectares grow to an aggregation of ...

Industry fund market share soars: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
Industry funds have solidified their dominance with a remarkable increase in market share, largely at the expense of public sector funds, according to a KPMG report. The KPMG report revealed a "massive" market share increase for industry funds, growing ...

Dalton Street fund terminated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
The Dalton Street Market Neutral Trust is to be terminated this month as it is "no longer economically viable." As responsible entity for the fund, Equity Trustees said the fund will be wound up no later than May 10, primarily due to its low assets ...

HESTA revamps insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
HESTA has renewed its mandate with AIA Australia and, in doing so, made a raft of changes to its insurance offering. HESTA notified members it has renewed its insurance arrangements with AIA, extending the relationship that's been in place since 2017. ...

Issuers must lift DDO game: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
The regulator issued a warning to investment product issuers after a review found woeful compliance in meeting the design and distribution obligations (DDO). Since last July, ASIC has placed interim stop orders on 26 investment products from 18 issuers ...

Digitisation, personalisation key for advice firms: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
In an exclusive interview with Financial Standard, BlackRock US wealth advisory group director Jim Renitsky said digitisation and personalisation at scale have become key differentiation points for adviser businesses. Reflecting on trends seen in the ...

Superhero to launch adviser platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
The platform, set to hit the market in the first half of next year, will focus on providing accessible investment and superannuation portfolio solutions to better serve financial advisers and their clients. Superhero chief executive and co-founder John ...

Reserve Bank raises cash rate to 3.85%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has opted to increase the cash rate target to 3.85%. Meeting today, the RBA board chose to go with a 25 basis point increase, and also increased the rate paid on Exchange Settlement balances by 25 basis points to ...