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Federal Reserve rate cuts beckon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... said that if inflation returns to target, the Fed's priority should shift to jump-starting economic growth. This, in her view, requires much lower interest rates than the market currently expects. "We forecast more than three percentage points of cuts ...

HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
Housing Australia and the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) have announced commitments to the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) under the first funding round. Housing Australia has selected an initial pipeline of 185 projects to potentially ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... growth backdrop." "The central bank cut its growth and raised its core inflation forecasts by 0.1% each for 2025, but in our view growth forecasts are still too high, and the inflation forecasts may be too high as well. Falling oil prices and a stronger ...

AI could see emerging markets flourish: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... events. Speaking on recent setbacks, Grana blamed geopolitical uncertainty. "It is important EM investors have a macroeconomic view of the world, with the likes of Taiwan and India having successful elections, helping to position them for economic growth ...

Superannuation objective legislation hits Senate floor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
The Senate will consider legislation to define an objective of superannuation. The Superannuation (Objective) Bill enshrines the goal to preserve savings to deliver income for a dignified retirement, alongside government support, in an equitable and ...

Challenger goes for growth with State Street

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... have been taken care of by Citi since 2012 but will now transition to State Street, occurring in three phases and with a view to completion in early 2027. Administration services, meanwhile, were being provided by Artega Investment Administration, born ...

Future Fund annual return 'very strong'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... begin to fall. He added that private credit and alternatives also delivered strong returns, as anticipated by the fund's view that inflation and rates would remain higher and risk markets volatile. "In a year where equities were the only strongly performing ...

SPAC acquires Australian Food & Agriculture

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... across the world." ANSC chair David Leuschen said: "We are thrilled to have this opportunity for ANSC to combine with AFA. We view Australia as a leader in the application of new techniques to meaningfully decarbonise agriculture, and we believe that ...

Super funds fail to meet millennial members' expectations: ASIC roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... mortgages or rent to pay, young families and ageing parents," a summary of the roundtable said. Tan said that many people view super as something that's very far off into the future and have more immediate goals like buying a house, meanwhile Zahos ...

Acadian AM launches two new credit strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... portfolio composition and performance as well as capitalise on the fragmented corporate bond trading environment. At Acadian, we view both as high priorities that are worthy of significant resourcing," he said. "On the trading side, we find the largest ...