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Wages grow 0.7% in June quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Australians' pay packets grew by 0.7% in the June quarter, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows, down 0.9% from the prior quarter. Annually, the rate of growth for wages in the private sector was 4.1%, down from three consecutive ...

Trump victory will jostle trade war, interest rates: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... pertinent to the sharp market sell-off this week, which saw Japan's Nikkei plunge 12% on Tuesday and the S&P500 drop 3% a few days before off the back of data pointing to a slowing US economy. "I don't have a strong conviction around this Trump ...

Australia sees jump in zombie companies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
A new study from global consulting firm Kearney revealed the number of zombie companies in Australia increased 13.6% in the past year. Zombie companies - those which don't produce enough profits to cover debt obligations - now account for 5.8% of ...

Most Australians proactively retire: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
Two-thirds of Australians with guaranteed income streams are proactively retiring with fewer worries and are doing so to enjoy their twilight years, contrary to popular belief, a new study reveals. Research from Macquarie University's School of ...

US election outcome tops investor concerns: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... technology has yet to reach its full potential (97%), and many (73%) thinking it will alter market patterns over the next few years.

The four Ds to watch in the decades to come: La Trobe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
There are four key themes that will drive investment outcomes over the next generation, says La Trobe Financial's Michael Watson. Speaking at the Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) regional roadshow in Terrigal this morning, Watson outlined the four themes ...

Australia unlikely to tame inflation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... and bond yields not falling as the markets anticipated at the start of the year. What can possibly go wrong over the next few months, he warns, is that inflation remains sticky. "[In the US] if Donald Trump is re-elected, we could get a political monetary ...

Canned 'golden visas' ruffle fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... the SIV investment universe, investing in liquid stocks with market capitalisations above $500 million. As a result, very few Australian fund managers have SIV-compliant emerging companies' offerings, which affects the level of venture and development ...

TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... opportunities, with its board saying the fund should embrace a new identity that is separate to the Telstra Group, given so few of its members now work for Telstra. It also said the board has recognised the importance of size and scale going forward. ...

Bitcoin ETF price war: VanEck, Monochrome cut costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... previously reported by Financial Standard, Cosmos Asset Management delisted two of its cryptocurrency ETFs last year, just a few months after launching. Separately, Monochrome Asset Management announced earlier this week that it would waive its management ...