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Perpetual reveals decade of philanthropy insights

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... achieve." Some sectors, however, that previously garnered little attention, like funding for conservation and the environment, are starting to gain traction - funding levels have risen from 1% to 3%. The report said this modest growth may be partly due ...

NAB profits, earnings slide

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... on FY23, while cash earnings totalled $7.1 billion, down 8.1%. Irvine cited the dips were due to a more competitive environment, including in home lending. "Underlying profit is 6.9% lower over FY24, mainly reflecting margin pressure related to home ...

Australian Unity offloads banking business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... Australia is proud to support the ongoing needs of Australian Unity banking customers. We know the current market environment is becoming increasingly difficult for smaller credit unions and mutual banks to operate," Walsh said. "We look forward to welcoming ...

ACCC urges parliament to pass new merger laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... urged the government to pass the reforms. "These reforms are particularly important in the context of the current environment where increasing market concentration and growing cost of living pressures are impacting the economy and consumers," Cass-Gottlieb ...

Macquarie reports $1.6bn net profit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... stance, with a conservative approach to capital, funding, and liquidity that position it well to respond to the current environment. "Macquarie remains well-positioned to deliver superior performance in the medium term with its diverse business mix across ...

Future Fund delivers strong 11.9% return

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... disruption, and changing asset class correlations. "In our view this new investment order means the longer-term investment environment is expected to be quite different: more complex, more volatile, and ultimately more challenging for investors," the ...

EQT wins RE mandates for FIIG Securities, Nanuk AM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... advisers and investors." The fund manager said the fund invests in listed companies that contribute and improve global environment sustainability and resource efficiency. It is currently listed on the ASX (NNWH), trading at $1.17 as at October 30. NNWH ...

$3.5tn wealth transfer scares Aussie advisers: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... about 40% of financial advisers fear their businesses will be under threat in an exponentially growing wealth transfer environment. This is according to new research from the fund manager, which found 45% of advisers are also concerned they won't retain ...

Major global trends impacting advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... long-term investment strategy (45%) and believed active managers should help them outperform passive in the current environment (61.3%). Similarly, 72.5% of advisers agreed active managers were better for specialist approaches required in these macroeconomic ...

Down but not out: Busting defined benefit myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... down to timing, dependent on available capital and favourable market conditions, such as a normalised interest rate environment, which influences insurance pricing. The other big myth she sought to bust was that DB funds are simple because they provide ...