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QIC puts money into US aviation infrastructure

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... investors. "Well-managed and properly funded transportation infrastructure is essential to support continued strong economic activity," he said. "We believe the dynamics driving the sector are fundamentally strong and present good relative value for ...

Super fund promotional expenses balloon: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... AustralianSuper, which had $360 billion at the end of last June, spent a total of $52.9 million on total promotional activity with $39 million allocated to advertising. ART, with assets of $310.2 billion at the time, spent $49 million, of which 73% was ...

ASIC calls out super trustees over 'weak' anti-scam practices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Constant, outlined ASIC's guidance for super trustees in preventing, detecting and responding to scams and fraud activity. In the letter, Constant said disrupting investment scams is a priority for ASIC and the regulator has observed "weak trustee ...

WA best performing state, but economic growth lags

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... seventh, respectively, and the Northern Territory remains in the bottom place. Although WA performed soundly, its economic activity data was seemingly one of the worst. According to percentage change in the year to September 2024 on a long-run average ...

Depreciating Aussie dollar could prove opportunistic

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... acquirer, the valuation of companies in Australia is now 10% cheaper than it was last quarter, so we expect more M&A activity this year," he said, "A great example of this is the bidding war over Insignia Financial." Griffin is also bullish on the smaller ...

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds. The analysis studied the reconstitution activity of four other popular indices - FTSE 100, S&P/TSX 60, EURO STOXX 50, and Nikkei 225 between 2014 to 2023. Investors in the ...

RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... change in the official cash rate since November 2023. Miller said the prediction is supported by weak private economic activity and the RBA's overachievement in its inflation target. Miller's prediction matches that of the market, which has priced in ...

SEC fines private equity firms for recordkeeping failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... platform failed to timely investigate suspicious transactions, resulting in systematic failures to timely file suspicious activity reports between January 2020 and March 2022. It failed to protect customers from the risk of identity theft between April ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... market rally could extend, potentially favouring a small company or smaller REIT positioning, sparked by increased M&A activity, broader market rotation, sector themes benefitting smaller groups, or institutional capital flows into the transaction market ...

ASX bleeds $41bn from delistings

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... Australia's listing environment has been more quiet over the past few years. "However, we've seen some renewed IPO activity in recent months which is an indication of increasing confidence around the macroeconomic environment," he said. E&P Financial ...