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Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... stabilisation in the public sector," Allen said. "We continue to expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut the cash rate once more in November. Further easing in 2026 remains possible but would take a deterioration in the labour market and an ...

Investors want regulatory clarity on digital assets: Binance

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Australian investors are urging authorities to come together to provide better protection and access to digital assets, as many are increasing their allocation to the sector, a new Binance survey found. The latest Binance Australia User Survey revealed ...

AXA IM Alts expands affordable housing strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... scheme providing a balanced mix of market and affordable rental housing. The development will offer a 50:50 split of market-rate and affordable rental units, supporting key sectors workers to access quality housing close to their respective employment ...

IML debuts income-focused ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
IML has launched an actively managed income-focused ETF on the ASX, spun off from its Equity Income Fund. The Investors Mutual Equity Income Fund Complex ETF (EQIN) was admitted on the exchange yesterday. EQIN aims to provide a dividend yield after ...

Betashares launches first private credit fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... sectors such as healthcare, industrials, IT and financials. The portfolio consists predominantly of senior secured, floating-rate loans to healthy US businesses. The underlying fund has delivered a 9.63% net annualised return, as at 30 June 2025, in ...

Australian Ethical FUM approaches $14bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... $4.05 billion FUM at 30 June 2020 to nearly $14 billion today, with underlying EPS growing at a 20% compound average growth rate over this period. "Our continued FUM growth has underpinned a 19% increase in revenue, 29% increase in underlying profit ...

Revolution private credit trust to launch on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... being 1.1 years. The portfolio yield to maturity was 9.1%, with a credit spread of the portfolio above the BBSW benchmark rate of 536 basis points. The average credit rating of the portfolio is BB+. REV targets a return of RBA cash rate + 4% p.a. net ...

Inflation hits highest level in over a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... of Statistics (ABS). "The 2.8% annual CPI inflation to July was up from 1.9% to June. This is the highest annual inflation rate since July 2024, following several months of easing inflation," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said. The ...

Commonwealth Super delivers 'resilient' performance for FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... the super fund said. The target return for the fund's various investment options this year was 5.6%, based on an inflation rate of 2.1%. In FY24, CSC's default MySuper investment option delivered a healthy 9.1% return over the past financial year, while ...

CBA appoints head of Australian economics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... will be responsible for developing the bank's Australian economic forecasts, views on the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate, while continuing to leverage CBA's internal data assets to derive insights on the Australian economy. Allen has been serving ...