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MA Financial establishes Singapore office

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... involved research roles at Credit Suisse, Balanced Equity Management and Swiss Re Asset Management in Australia. Meanwhile, Low will join MA Financial Singapore as a distribution director in June. "Kelly's previous role was senior account manager ...

Biggest super funds face human rights complaints

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... particularly in circumstances where Santos' growth strategy has been described by analysts as financially reckless." Further, Will Van de Pol the acting executive director of activist group Market Forces said: "Funds must ensure Santos upholds the human ...

March inflation drops to 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... welcomed that some price pressured have started to ease. "These new numbers show annual inflation peaked last December but it will still remain higher than we'd like for longer than we'd like," Chalmers said. State Street Global Markets head of APAC ...

Australian CPI falls to 6.8%, adds to halt hopes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... Consumer Price Index (CPI) has slowed to 6.8% from its record high of 7.3%, adding to theories the Reserve Bank of Australia will pause rate hikes. RBA governor Philip Lowe previously explained the board needed four pieces of domestic data to properly ...

Senate inquiry to scrutinise proposed franking credit rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
A Senate Economics Committee inquiry will scrutinise the government's proposed changes to franking credits, which target share buybacks and capital raisings. In February, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones introduced ...

Australian equities to outperform in 2023: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... and rallying stocks following China's re-opening. According to the latest VanEck Australian Investor Survey, the stock will be the "preferred investment destination" in 2023. It said 70% of investors are planning to start or increase their allocation ...

VanEck launches gold bullion ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... Perth Mint and is sourced from Australian gold producers. A list of the allocated gold bars that make up the fund's assets will be made available on our website daily," he said. VanEck touted that NUGG's gold is only sourced from Australian gold producers ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Most economists have flagged that the cash rate will rise again today, despite inflation having eased. A Finder survey said 88% of experts believe the cash rate will grow to 3.1% in December, which would be an eighth consecutive rate rise. Finder head ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... by age. So, regardless of how popular target date funds might be, he considered whether new asset allocation technologies will render this collective investment scheme irrelevant, likening it to a Walkman about to be overtaken by the fintech equivalent ...

Australia's first global carbon credits ETF hits market

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... launched an ETF to give investors access to a global marketplace for carbon credits. VanEck Global Carbon Credits ETF (XCO2) will track the ICE Global Carbon Futures Index, which sources carbon credit futures prices from the four most actively traded ...