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Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... expanding at a faster pace than the market sector, which shifts employment towards lower-productivity sectors and affects overall productivity performance," he said. "Given the ongoing government support for non-market sectors and lukewarm business investment ...

Chalmers boasts inflation data, experts divided

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... mid-point target of 2.5%, HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham said the data was still a positive start to the year. "Our overall reading is that the CPI indicator figures suggest gradual disinflation, but that core inflation is still above the RBA's ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... investment consultant - she focused on a total portfolio approach where the investment team works together to build the best overall portfolio. TPA's entire purpose is to achieve a fund's investment goal rather than focusing on a particular strategic ...

Super balances drive household wealth growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... higher than a year ago. High property prices were the largest driver of the rise, contributing 0.9 percentage points to the overall 2.4% rise in household wealth. "Household wealth continues to be supported by rising house prices despite recent moderation ...

AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... facilitate a richer and more focused discussion with external fund managers on investment strategy," he said. Commenting on the overall findings, head of advocacy for EMEA at the CFA Institute Olivier Fines said AI and machine-learning technologies may ...

Trustee valuation processes 'concerning': APRA review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... included two platforms, two mid-sized funds, and eight large funds representing 4.4 million member accounts and 21% of the overall FUM. For those that were rated amber and red, APRA said the most common issues related to the management of conflicts of ...

Betashares terminates nine funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... where we concluded that investor take up was going to remain limited despite strong demand for our investment strategies overall," the spokesperson said. However, the spokesperson added this is "a natural step in the evolution of our growing product ...

Renewable infrastructure opportunities for HNWIs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... moment, after a period of very low, risk-free rates, and from an absolute return perspective there's an attractive overall return that can come out of the sector."

Venture capital exits expected to grow in 2025: Preqin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... the higher interest rate environment continued to temper venture capital valuations in 2024, which impacted exits and overall performance. By Q3 2024, venture capital exits totaled 852 with an aggregate value of US$112 billion, continuing the downward ...

RBA to meet for final 2024 rate decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... if debt stayed high and people started spending the money in other ways," illion's September quarter data showed that, overall, Australian householders were better able to control their budgets. This was likely buoyed by wage increases and end-of-financial-year ...