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Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... downward trend. "Annual trimmed mean inflation was 2.7% in February 2025. This was down slightly from the 2.8% inflation in January and has remained relatively stable for three months," Marquardt said. "The CPI excluding volatile items and holiday travel ...

Hearts & Minds revalues position amid Opthea fallout

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... Minds' position was about 2.4% of its portfolio. Meantime, Regal is a top shareholder, owning about 32% of Opthea as at January end. Both said they did so recognising the potential for a positive result from another upcoming clinical trial. The biotech ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... next four years. Childcare will also be overhauled with a new Three Day Guarantee to replace the Child Care Subsidy from January 2026. "This will make sure families are entitled to at least three days a week of subsidised early childhood education and ...

Tax rules clarified for managed investment trusts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... building managed investment trust withholding tax concession, announced in the 2023-24 Budget, will now commence on the first January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1, following Royal Assent. Similarly, the start date for strengthening the foreign resident ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Appliance Scheme and the Take Home Naloxone program. It is also set to reduce the PBS co-payment from $31.60 to $25 from 1 January 2026. The PBS investment will allow more than five million Australians to cumulatively save more than $200 million each ...

Regal slashes holdings in Opthea over insolvency concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... for the company and its shareholders". A top shareholder in Opthea, RG8 had about a 32% stake in the firm at the end of January. Regal Asian Investments Management told shareholders this morning it has "revalued the holding value of OPT in RG8's ...

Frontier promotes staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... within the not-for-profit, foundation and liability-driven investor consulting teams. For her part, Goh joined Frontier in January 2023 after working as a freelance writer for The Motley Fool, the retail advisory platform. Before that, she spent three ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... concerned about the macro-outlook," Campion said. Australian ETP assets dropped from $250 billion to $248 billion between January and February, ASX data shows, albeit $3 billion in new money flowed into the market. Furthermore, BlackRock flagged it will ...

ASIC freezes assets Shield, First Guardian marketer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... ASIC said the "court made the orders with Alshakshir's consent" and the "orders are in place until further order." On January 20, ASIC sought travel restriction orders against Alshakshir while it obtained temporary ex parte travel restriction orders ...

CareSuper to merge with meat industry fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... weren't great..." Kaspar said. CareSuper's balanced MySuper default investment option returned 10.6% over the year to January 31, 6.3% over five years, and 7.2% over 10 years, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker data shows that the median ...