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Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... whole event appears to be yet another negotiation tactic by Trump. "Fortunately, this means there's substantial room for lower tariffs from here, albeit with a 10% baseline in place. We've seen the administration have a surprisingly high tolerance ...

Russell Investments, Reach Alts team up to expand private market access

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... asset valuations, following a one-year lock-up period. The structure is intended to align with the long-term nature and lower liquidity of infrastructure assets, compared to equities, while affording investors stable growth potential. Russell Investments ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... blocks for creating any type of portfolio - active, index, or a combination of both. Diversification became easier. Fees got lower." Now, Fink added, "we see an opportunity to do for the public-private market divide what we did for index vs. active." ...

Qantas Super, ART merger official

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... technological change of the 21st century and everything in between," Clancy said. Most Qantas Super members will benefit from lower administration and investment fees in the Qantas Group Super Plan in ART. For example, ART's annual fixed administration ...

AMP introduces geared retirement options

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... It accesses leverage through internally geared ETFs, which borrow at institutional interest rates that are considerably lower than those typically available to individual investors. The geared retirement series extends the partnership with Betashares' ...

APRA levy to cost $243m in FY26

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... prudential or legislative obligations." The FY26 total amount is $3.1 million less than the FY25 levy of $246.1 million or 1.3% lower. The Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) levy is set to be $37.2 million in FY26. The consultation closes on April 25 ...

Holding mega-cap stocks could be detrimental: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... benchmarks in terms of their Sharpe ratio, which measures risk-adjusted returns. This was due to both improved performance and lower risk, as measured by volatility. "Holding a concentrated portfolio of mega-caps might be beneficial in certain periods ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... February 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Annual CPI inflation was slightly lower in February, after holding steady at 2.5% for the previous two months," ABS head of price statistics Michelle Marquardt ...

AZ NGA practices merge on road to 'super firm'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... an aspiring national firm, EWM is strongly positioned to innovate and provide different advice propositions, including a lower cost service, to make advice more affordable and accessible," Cook said. Led by chief executive and co-founder Daniel Molesworth ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... unaffordability. As part of the Federal Budget, Chalmers is expanding the Help to Buy program to support Australians buy homes with lower deposits and smaller mortgages with an additional $800 million, taking the total equity investments to $6.3 billion. ...