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Oreana targets early education assets with new fund

MATTHEW WAI | MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025

... assets which allows us to mitigate risks and capitalise on opportunities with greater confidence." He believes lower interest rates will also deliver "additional returns" to investors. "We have all the elements to deliver a market leading fund in this ...

AMP staff surveillance slammed by FSU

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025

... workers would receive a "total fixed package" which is a salary that is inclusive of entitlements such as overtime, penalty rates, annual leave loading and superannuation. In addition, some contracts include a requirement for employees to work an unspecified ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025

... challenges of managing a fund with no new members and an inevitable end. State Super's funds are decumulating at different rates. Its defined benefit members receive lifetime pensions, sometimes extending to a spouse or child, payments will continue ...

SQM places private credit sector on watch

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025

... encountering red flags when rating offerings. The research house has been covering private credit since 2007. SQM currently rates on some 70 private credit funds across both retail and wholesale, representing approximately $33 billion of funds under ...

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025

... inflation, too optimistic on growth, and their Aussie dollar forecast were off," Keenan said "They should have been cutting rates last year, but their forecasting has been terrible... they are really behind the curve. "Hence why in some ways we've ...

Tariffs not the only inflationary risk: Colchester

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025

... spending. The dependency ratio from immigration policy is relatively high for emerging countries as they have higher birth rates than advanced economies, he noted. This can drive inflation as it puts pressure on pensions and healthcare, as well as wages ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025

... would boost retirees' incomes by up to 25% compared to solely drawing on an account-based pension at legislated minimum rates. And it would ensure that the bulk of retirees' incomes, irrespective of their super balances, would be guaranteed to last the ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025

... the federal government to re-examine a high population growth model. "Australia has one of the highest population growth rates in the developed world, up by 35% in the past two decades (OECD average is just 13%). But this high-growth approach faces political ...

NZ council seeks investment manager partner

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025

... grow an investment fund," Napier City Council said. Income generated in the portfolio is used to supplement revenue from rates to support the council's operations. At the same time, Napier City Council said it is tasked with preserving and growing ...

US equities face volatility as growth risks mount: Morgan Stanley

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025

... long-standing view that policy would likely be sequenced in a more growth-negative way to start the year before lower deficits/rates and less crowding out of the private economy benefit the market later in the year- no pain, no gain," the bank said. ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN

Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA

A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI

Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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