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Australians robbed of super savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... implementation remain unclear. The government also announced increased funding for the ATO to boost unpaid super recovery rates, with new targets requiring the ATO to report on the timeliness of its recovery efforts and the amount returned to members. ...

WAM Active returns 30%, beats indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... expectations for an improvement in deal flow during 2024 were tempered by macroeconomic uncertainties surrounding interest rates, resulting in the team's participation in a comparable number of deals to the 16 observed in the 2023 financial year." ...

AustralianSuper takes monster hit on Pluralsight

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... of major global investors, however, the impact of the COVID pandemic, volatile macroeconomic conditions, rising interest rates and increasing competition combined to create a very challenging environment for the company. "The combination of deteriorating ...

Economists hit back at RBA guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has indicated that there will not be any short-term cutting of interest rates, but the market is pricing in a cut before the end of the year. RBA governor Michele Bullock pushed back against the market pricing, stating ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... in one of the richest countries in the world on a per capita basis. "Housing affordability has reached crisis point and rates of chronic disease and mental illness are rising." Wilson said there were several opportunities for Australia to capitalise ...

BlackRock launches new bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... globally are at decade-highs, and if inflation indicators continue to fall, central banks may proceed to cut official cash rates. We believe investors have a window of opportunity to move out of cash and into fixed income exposures to lock in these higher ...

Fed's Powell says 'time has come' to cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... declared that inflation is on a sustainable path back to the 2% target and the "time has come" to start cutting interest rates. Powell spoke to global central bankers, policymakers, economists, and academics at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium where ...

Qualitas shines in FY24, Charter Hall contracts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... continuing, particularly within the commercial real estate sector. It offers earnings stability in an environment where interest rates have risen and asset values are recalibrating," he said. Funds management revenue and net profit after tax grew in ...

Zenith increases defensive investment as recession risk looms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... growing. We still believe the US economy remains on a soft-landing path, which is an outcome of central banks raising interest rates just enough to bring down inflation to their target levels, without causing a major recession or meaningful increase ...

Dexus property valuation rout deepens by $2bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... respectively. The value of the office properties decreased by 15.6% on prior book values, driven by higher capitalisation rates and discount rates and partially offset by market rental growth. The industrial portfolio decreased by 3.3% year on year. ...