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Macquarie offloads airports in $3bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... and is supporting $39 billion (£20 billion) of investment across its portfolio over the coming years to deliver improved energy, transport, utilities, social and telecommunications infrastructure in England, Wales and Scotland. The transaction is expected ...

Australian economy 'fundamentally sound': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... categories rose in October, with only education (-1.3%) and utilities (-3.4%) falling, the latter due to government rebates on energy bills. "Spending rose marginally in October as income tax cuts, lower petrol prices and energy rebates freed some consumers ...

Magellan warns of staggering sovereign debt

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... increasingly spend more to cope with aging and healthcare; with the green transition and climate adaptation; and with defence and energy security, due to growing geopolitical tensions." Magellan suggests three ways to "solve" excessive national debt ...

Future Fund delivers strong 11.9% return

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... rates will not be straightforward as continued geopolitical risks and big economic drivers including defence spending, the energy transition and deglobalisation are all inflationary," he said. "Over the past 12 months we continued to invest in line with ...

Inflation falls within RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... temporary measures that artificially lower the headline inflation figure," McCormack said. "In this case, the government's energy rebates. The preferred inflation measure, the trimmed mean, remains stubbornly high at 3.5%. "The Australian economy ...

Cole puts funds on notice as expenditure data is revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... bodies, spending $2.34 million with the vast majority of that ($2.3 million) going to the CFMMEU - prior to the Mining and Energy Union withdrawing from what's now the CFMEU in December 2023. The data comes as APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole said ...

Major global trends impacting advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... become attractive from a valuation standpoint. Certain sectors such as utilities, REITS, biotechnology, and alternative energy are potentially more interesting in this environment of lower inflation and interest rates. This is the type of situation where ...

HMC Capital makes $2bn acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... plan to create a $5 billion private credit platform. In June, HMC Capital has announced a strategic investment in Stor-Energy, a specialist developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage systems, in a deal worth $50 million. All ...

Australian Ethical awards front office mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... running and over the coming months will further bolster our private markets offer targeting infrastructure and renewable energy projects that align with focus on long-term sustainable growth," Theau said.

ECB drops interest rates to 3.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... elevated pace. In the Eurozone, annual inflation fell to 1.7% in September, which is the lowest level since April 2021. Energy prices dropped sharply, at an annual rate of -6.1%. Food price inflation was up at 2.4%. Goods inflation was subdued at 0.4% ...