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Unemployment rate rises to 3.7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
Australia's unemployment rate has risen to 3.7%, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS reported a decline in employment for the second consecutive month, following a period of robust jobs growth throughout 2022. Employment ...

Commonwealth Super Corp hires former MTAA investments lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
Phil Brown has started a new position as senior manager of operational risk at Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. In a post on social media, Brown said after a couple of contract roles as a project officer that lasted 18 months in total, the opportunity ...

Fund selectors insulating portfolios, embrace active management: Natixis IM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
Fund selectors are turning to actively managed funds, bonds, private assets, and sustainable investments, according to a Natixis IM survey. Fund selectors are increasingly turning to active management as a tool for managing client portfolios, most saying ...

GQG Aussie inflows up, total FUM slumps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
GQG Partners reported positive inflows for its local business but saw profit and overall assets under management decline across the board. Total assets under management slumped 3.5% to US$88 billion ($128bn), according to full-year results ending December ...

We did too much: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
Fronting another parliamentary hearing today, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe acknowledged the central bank incorrectly predicted rates wouldn't rise until 2024, admitting he's embarrassed. Lowe explained that the pandemic ...

Government housing measures progress

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
The legislations to create the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund that will deliver 30,000 affordable homes has passed. Minister for Housing, Julie Collins confirmed the legislation to deliver the single biggest investment in affordable and social ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
Amid the largest drop in global pension assets since the GFC, Australian super funds held steady with lower bond allocations and Super Guarantee flows. Global pension assets had their largest annual decline since the GFC, dropping 16.7% to $47.9 trillion ...

I know it's hard, but it could be harder: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
Appearing at a Senate hearing today, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe said people have forgotten how corrosive inflation is. The governor explained the RBA has one priority and that is to bring inflation down. "Inflation at the moment ...

Equity Trustees names super head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
Equity Trustees has appointed Andrew Godfrey as executive general manager of its Superannuation Trustees Services business. Godfrey replaces Mark Blair, who successfully transformed the company's strategy to concentrate on independent outsourced trusteeship ...

QIC inks PRP, TEEG deals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
QIC has secured loans in PRP Diagnostic Imaging (PRP) and The Entertainment and Education Group (TEEG), saying private debt is "one of the steadier ships for investors to sail on". The senior secured loans form part of arrangements exceeding $1 billion ...