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Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has indicated that a cooling labour market has alleviated inflation pressures, signalling to investors that interest rate cuts could be on the horizon. June's US consumer price index (CPI) data revealed a rise of 3% from ...

UK government to establish national wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
Delivering on a key election promise, the newly installed UK government will launch a National Wealth Fund in the coming days to ramp up private sector investment in infrastructure projects. Announced overnight, the UK Infrastructure Bank and the British ...

Government lifts funding to preserve banking in the Pacific

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
The government will inject an additional $6.3 million to curb the rapid withdrawal of banking services in the Pacific. The funding includes $2.9 million to the World Bank for developing digital identity infrastructure across Pacific Island countries ...

DASH secures $20m investment from Bailador

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
DASH has secured a $20 million investment from Bailador Technology Investments. The advice technology solutions company plans to use the funding to accelerate its software and platform technology while expanding its team. DASH aims to grow its workforce ...

Systematic investing in fixed income: Critical success factors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
There are three critical success factors all fixed income investors considering a systematic approach must keep in mind, says AllianceBernstein. According to the global manager, systematic strategies can be effective diversifiers to any fixed income ...

Betashares promotes key sales execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Betashares has strengthened its distribution team with two key promotions as it moves to accelerate growth in superannuation, retirement, and retail wealth management. The promotions come just two days after Singapore's state-owned fund Temasek ...

TAL appoints new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
TAL has appointed Fiona Macgregor as its new group chief executive and managing director, effective 1 October 2024. The appointment follows the promotion of TAL's current chief executive Brett Clark to the role of chief executive and managing director ...

ECB drops interest rates to 3.75%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
The European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates by 0.25% to 3.75% - the first decrease in five years. The rate cut affects three key ECB interest rates based on an inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation, and the strength of monetary ...

QIC adds to streak of venture capital investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has agreed to become a cornerstone investor in early and growth-stage fund Sprint Ventures, while also investing in biotech venture capital firm Brandon Capital. Yesterday, Financial Standard reported that QIC's ...

Emissions data demand drives tech growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... claims, and investors need to ensure data does not rely on estimates. Clients want to "move away from sectoral estimates as fast as possible", Prins said - especially in traditionally opaque investment classes like infrastructure, private debt, private ...