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Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... Australians, this problem is likely to get worse. Declining rates of homeownership among low-income Australians, together with the lower retirement savings of many women, increase the risk that more older women, in particular, will face homelessness ...

Almost half of HESTA members retire involuntarily

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... and an enhanced focus on data, analytics and modelling to better understand members' needs. Blakey said women often have lower lifetime earnings and smaller superannuation balances due to part-time work or career breaks to raise families. In addition ...

FAAA 'frustrated' as Dixon inquiry delayed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
The Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Wealth Management Companies (CSLR and Dixon Advisory) has been deferred from March 27 to July 28 - pushing back the inquiry by four months. Parliament returned this week, and the Senate approved the deferral ...

Future Fund reaches value of $237.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... "Once again, fears at the start of the year of a US and global economic downturn caused by rates that have been held high to lower inflation, were not realised. Inflation has moderated and economic growth, trade, employment, wages and corporate balance ...

TenCap hedge fund eyes $3bn AUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... in fact, it fits into the largest bucket of most people's investment universes." Liu said: "In a way, we are actually lower risk compared to a lot of long-only managers because of our ability to short. So, even though it looks risky, and a lot of ...

FOMC holds rates as Chalmers boasts 'our inflation is lower'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Statistics (ABS) reported underlying inflation was now at its lowest point in three years. "Our headline inflation is now lower than most major advanced economies, including the US, the UK, and Germany," Chalmers said. "And if you look at the underlying ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... period, dropping 0.4% from the September quarter. Further, the annual trimmed mean figure fell to 3.2%, which is notably lower than the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) November expectation of 3.4%. From this, Betashares chief economist David Bassanese ...

Martin Currie adds to active ETF stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... growing income streams. Real assets are the backbone of society, so even in slower growth periods they offer a compelling, lower-risk income exposure." "With positive earnings and dividend revisions now improving for quality real assets, the portfolio ...

Depreciating Aussie dollar could prove opportunistic

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... those tied to the US market. "Any easing of inflation and interest rate cuts should bolster consumer demand for credit, and lower funding costs," Griffin said. Additionally, Griffin said the Australian gold price is now valued relatively high and could ...

Chalmers' claims on super tax are 'misleading': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... extensively by SMSFA and various MPs including Teal independent Kylea Tink. However, amendments were shot down when it passed the lower house in October last year; it currently remains before the Senate and could be postponed to until after the federal ...