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T. Rowe Price launches bond fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... yields elevated. Broadly, we maintained our steepening bias on the US Treasury curve. Within the eurozone, we trimmed our overall underweight duration bias in the second half of the month as we pivoted to overweight bias to Germany," the note read.

US Federal Reserve eyes multiple interest rate cuts this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... downplayed the importance of recent inflation prints, and instead referred to the expected inflation path as "bumpy." "The overall picture, however, was of a Fed that really wants to cut rates, would need a good reason not to cut rates, and is quite ...

Listed companies drive economy's momentum: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... EPS expectations and 20% missed it. Sales and margins were also better than expected, while dividends paid were higher. Overall, Bruce said that this was a "pretty good outcome" when it came to comparing how companies performed against expectations as ...

Financial services class actions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... against BT Funds Management as trustee of BT Super, while IG Markets was the target of two class actions filed in May 2023. Overall, the number of class actions filed in 2023 were the second highest of all time. As for where the risks lie in 2024, Allens ...

ASIC extends ETF class order

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... pre-launch time and costs for those issuers that currently need to seek individual relief from ASIC, as well as increasing the overall competitiveness of Australia's managed fund industry". Cboe also agreed that it supports the relief being extended ...

Brighter Super signs David Koch as ambassador

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... through various metrics, including member participation in events, engagement with our financial literacy resources, and overall member feedback on Kochie and his initiatives." Brighter Super declined to comment on the commercial aspects of the partnership. ...

GQG builds private markets unit on PAC stakes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... of GQG's acquisition. PAC chair Tony Robinson said the externalisation "to an affiliate of GQG allows PAC to reduce overall costs and convert a significant proportion of expenses from fixed to variable during a period of portfolio reshaping, while ...

Advised investors spurring SMSF rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... fell sharply year on year, raising the possibility some are now serviced by advisers or via other superannuation funds. Overall trading volumes among SMSFs were subdued over the year as investors opted for quality and income generating assets, likely ...

Bitcoin hits fresh high as investors await halving event

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... together: the spot BTC ETF inflows in the US, the upcoming reduction of new Bitcoin issuance known as the halving, and overall renewed optimism around the crypto asset class as a whole," Miller said. "This is great news for our industry, and is just ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... care, it does not support a specific increase to tax rates to fund future rises to aged care funding," the report states. Overall, there are 23 recommendations to improve the sustainability of aged care, which also include introducing a fee-for-service ...