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Future Fund delivers strong 11.9% return

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... subsiding in much of the developed world, it remains higher and more volatile than investors have been used to. "Central banks around the world are in an easing cycle which is positive for risk assets. However, the path to lower rates will not be straightforward ...

Jones preps DBFO Tranche 2 for parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... Statements of Advice (SoAs) will also receive a makeover, while a new class of advisers called "Qualified Advisers" from banks, super funds, and life insurance firms will be able to provide simple advice. Jones told a recent AFR event: "The financial ...

Regal indicted for alleged short-selling breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
... down on short-selling practices following a market-wide review, with indictments being issued against global investment banks. In late 2020, the FSC tightened penalties of illegal stock short selling. At the time, illegal short-sale activities were punishable ...

Australian equities rise, but global markets preferred: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
... implies a cautious approach is warranted," Morningstar said. Despite the "significant rate cut" in the US and as other central banks seem be "more advanced" in their easing cycles, the Reserve Bank of Australia held the cash rate steady at 4.35% in September. ...

Schroders launches high yield credit strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... fixed income assets are back in play. Inflation remains sticky while growth and employment are holding up, forcing central banks to maintain rates at elevated levels." "The fund incorporates top-down and bottom-up views to identify the most compelling ...

Rapid growth in super sector poses risk to financial stability: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... (RBA). In the RBA's September Financial Stability Review, it said the super sector's growth and connections to Australian banks has increased its importance to financial stability. " The sector has historically posed little risk to the financial system ...

Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... the COVID-19 pandemic matured on 30 June 2024, which it said impacted bank funding across financial markets. For example, banks exchange settlement accounts with the Reserve Bank of Australia fell $106.5 billion (-32.3%) as the $105 billion of securitised ...

Inflation cools but RBA unlikely to budge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... October 17, there is little chance for an RBA pivot. "However, the RBA risks prolonged subpar growth by lagging global central banks and that is our primary worry." RSM Australia economist Devika Shivadekar said the RBA was left with "little choice" ...

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... regulatory framework and home ownership, HIA identified that a decade of additional costs has restricted competition among banks and made it increasingly expensive for them to lend to first home buyers. "Just as zero inflation is not the RBA's goal ...

Arrowpoint launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... is relatively low risk as we target secured lending to profitable businesses that have been often overlooked by the big banks. The major banks put a greater emphasis on corporate lending versus the SME space, which is where we are concentrate."