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NAB forecasts 50bp rate cut in May

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... uncertainty will have a significant negative impact on global growth. This will have adverse effects for domestic economic activity," the RBNZ board said. "The global policy response will be an important consideration in gauging the implications of increased ...

Data centres 'major growth sector' for Australia: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... competing for opportunities, we will continue to see rapid growth in the data centre space. "Sydney has seen significant activity in the data centre space, and while the focus now looks to be turning to Melbourne, we are also seeing Perth gain more traction ...

Trade war rattles pre-election economic outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... Australian-originating goods imported to the US were hit with a 10% tariff effective April 5. Treasury flagged that economic activity, commodity prices and inflation are particularly at risk of destabilisation. "Over the past few days, there have been ...

Cyberattacks on super funds expose 'critical vulnerability'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... had been different in both nature and impact to what's been reported. "We acknowledge that a spike in suspicious activity was recorded by the fund over recent days, however we believe that the strong security safeguards we have in place, including ...

Cybercriminals attack major super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... were repelled, thousands have been affected. Rest said fewer than 1% of its members have been affected by unauthorised activity on its online Member Access portal over the weekend. Reports suggest the incident may have compromised the details of up to ...

The super fund scouring the dark web to protect members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... proactive outreach, appreciating the effort to inform them. "While the superannuation sector has seen increasing cyber activity, threat intelligence experts caution that the industry's profile could rapidly rise among cybercriminals. The sheer volume ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... "Geopolitical uncertainties are also pronounced. These developments are expected to have an adverse effect on global activity, particularly if households and firms delay expenditures pending greater clarity on the outlook. "Inflation, however, could ...

HMC Capital to launch new private equity vehicle

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... investment into unlisted opportunities, as well as listed entities where HMC sees growth and potential for corporate M&A activity in the upcoming strategy, relaunching the strategy as HMC Capital Partners Fund II (HMCCP Fund II). The review concluded ...

WT Financial enters JV with Merchant Wealth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... support external acquisitions. "Entrepreneurial practices are increasingly looking for our support in facilitating M&A activity as the profession continues to modernise and evolve to a more corporatised model," Cullen said. "This JV heralds a new era ...

APRA levy to cost $243m in FY26

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
The total cost to keep APRA's enforcement activity going is set to be $243 million in the 2026 financial year, with the superannuation industry taking up about 30% of this amount. Super funds have been allocated $72.9 million to fund APRA's operations ...