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Inflation continues to drop, calls for RBA cut grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... Statistics (ABS) data shows inflation rose 2.1% in the 12 months to May, down from 2.4% in April. "The 2.1% annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in May was down from 2.4% in April and the lowest since October 2024," ABS head of prices statistics ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... China and India, with which Iran does a lot of trade. The major concern amongst investors is significant changes in the price of oil. "While most flashpoints in the Middle East over the past five decades generally cause only temporary spikes in oil prices ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Productivity, a concept treasurer Jim Chalmers recently described as too often seen as "cold" and "almost soulless," despite it being, as he also noted, the best way to improve people's lives over time, was stagnant in the March quarter and declined ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...

Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Airtrunk lands a renewables specialist, JPMorgan hires from Amazon, and T. Rowe Price promotes an impact executive. Robert Bartrop has returned to Sydney to lead the social impact and community strategy at AirTrunk, the Asia Pacific technology company ...

T. Rowe Price welcomes head of impact fixed income

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
T. Rowe Price has named a head of impact fixed income, promoting Matt Lawton to the newly created role. Lawton, who manages the Global Impact Credit Strategy and the Global Impact Short Duration Bond Strategy, takes on the newly created role to provide ...

Increased local, international demand drives practice valuations

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
The price multiples for financial planning practices have risen as much as 30% in the past 12 months, analysis shows. According to the annual Radar Results Price Guide, there has been a notable increase in price multiples for practices, rising between ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... including equities, showed signs of recovery. "However, we still expect fund flows to moderate over the medium term. The average price/fair value multiple for stocks covered by Morningstar Equity Research globally increased to 0.96 in May 2025, from ...

TAL partners to expand access to affordable insurance

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... important community need." McDonald added the initiative can offer "the right cover, via the right channel, at the right price." "Many people do not have life insurance either because they feel they cannot afford it, have not been offered it or think ...

Investors face headwinds in integrating physical climate risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... investment cycles. While physical risks typically manifest over long periods, traditional valuation techniques generally price in near-term policy risk while underestimating the cost of long-term physical risk, one fund noted. "This mispricing contributes ...