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GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... largest on record, the previous record was in September 2023," Keenan said. Government spending rose by 1.4%. Keenan said social benefits paid to households increased this quarter as households received energy cost relief rebates. "At the Commonwealth ...

Illegal investment scheme operator to pay $1.25m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... business without a licence. ASIC said Hopkins and The A Team Property Group promoted joint venture property developments on social media, such as Facebook, and offered fixed returns of 25% to 50% to be paid between 12 to 26 months. Many investors were ...

Hostplus ups fees, makes $125m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... proof that universities are effective in commercialising deep tech. "Hostplus recognises the significant financial and social potential from backing Australian deep-tech innovation," Molinari said. "Our partnership has been instrumental in building and ...

HMC Capital launches DigiCo REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... The REIT will aim to deliver stable and growing distributions, long-term capital growth and positive environmental and social impact," he said. In addition to Carrozzi joining the board for the DigiCo REIT, HMC also announced the appointment of Adam ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... QIC and EQT. Meantime, the Housing Australia Future Fund was created in 2023 with the purpose of meeting Australia's social and affordable housing needs. Future Fund has been told its primary objective remains to generate returns, and to only make ...

Lack of action on menopause driving gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... the future, meaning that families, workplaces, and society are all affected by menopause, due to the reduced economic and social contribution of women," MetLife Australia chief customer and marketing officer Lina Saliba said.

Macquarie offloads airports in $3bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... (£20 billion) of investment across its portfolio over the coming years to deliver improved energy, transport, utilities, social and telecommunications infrastructure in England, Wales and Scotland. The transaction is expected to reach financial close ...

Wages grow 3.5% for the year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... September quarter 2022," Marquardt said. The largest industry contributors to quarterly wage growth were healthcare and social assistance (up 1.7%); retail trade (up 2.1%); and administrative and support services (up 2.1%). Wu said the takeaway from ...

FAAA takes aim at finfluencers with new campaign

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... them a lot... the launch of this campaign is timely," Milnes said. The campaign aims to reach Australians across the same social media channels as finfluencers do, like Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Youtube and LinkedIn. It will also feature in relevant ...

Australian Retirement Trust works to resolve ongoing outages

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... experiencing bank transfer delays as well. ART said the outages began last week, however member comments across the fund's social media pages suggest the issues may have begun as early as Saturday, October 26. On Facebook, in response to a member ...