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Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
The US Superannuation Investment Summit has kicked off in the United States with Australian super funds exploring deeper investment opportunities within the US. Treasurer Jim Chalmers addressed the summit, essentially serving up Australia's retirement ...

Court acts against two with links to Shield Master Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
The Federal Court has made orders against two individuals in connection to ASIC's investigation into the Shield Master Fund collapse. The $480 million Shield Master Fund collapse will likely see its 5800-plus investors cop significant losses, with the ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Mohamed El-Erian, who was chief executive of Harvard's endowment and PIMCO, published The Only Game in Town in 2016, presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation ...

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Australian super funds are expected to pump huge amounts of money into the US over the coming decade, according to a report from Mandala, in conjunction with Super Members Council and IFM Investors. The Going Global report said Australians' superannuation ...

Superannuation powerbrokers bound for US investment summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
Superannuation, investment management, and banking leaders will descend on Washington DC and New York next week to showcase a super system poised to channel hundreds of billions into the US over the next decade. In a statement, representatives of super ...

Multiple account bungle costs AustralianSuper $27m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
The Federal Court today slapped AustralianSuper with a $27 million fine for dragging its feet on a multiple account bungle that lasted more than four years. Judge Hespe found that AustralianSuper failed to promptly identify and merge members' multiple ...

BUSSQ handed stricter licence conditions by APRA amid appeal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
After the Federal Court threw out BUSSQ's bid to overturn the regulator's additional licence conditions, the super fund is gearing up for another fight. APRA said the imposition of the additional licence conditions on BUSSQ are to safeguard ...

Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Barrenjoey chief economist Jo Masters believes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should hold off on making an interest rate cut today. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Masters said that while the market is pricing ...

Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... rate, but productivity has paid the ultimate price for some of those policies. Further, the strong employment numbers also fed into the heightened inflation figures, as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) continues its effort to tame inflation by holding ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... want to avoid making a larger cut after the 50bps cut delivered by the US Federal Reserve in September 2024 backfired. "[US Fed chair Jerome] Powell has only seen credibility continue to erode, facing dissent at the December FOMC meeting," Solomon said. ...