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Centuria divests three industrial assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... approaching their respective extended term expiries. Underpinned by separate single-asset funds, they've delivered internal rate of returns (IRRs) exceeding 11% for each fund's investors. Centuria funds management head Jesse Curtis said the domestic ...

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... Credit Fund (ASX: LF1) is a diversified private credit strategy benchmarked to the Reserve Bank of Australia Official Cash Rate plus 3.25% per annum, net of fees, costs, and taxes, targeting monthly distributions. The fund offers a "balanced and flexible" ...

Small construction firms drag productivity: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Australia's laggard construction productivity and deepening housing crisis have been made worse by the small businesses that dominate the sector, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says. While several factors have contributed ...

Commodities 'crucial' for portfolio resilience: QIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... Australian dollar offer indirect access only and are exposed to a wider range of non-commodity risks, such as equity or interest rate risk." QIC said that in an environment shaped by inflation, geopolitics and rising uncertainty, "commodity futures offer ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
Even with more potential interest rate cuts in the works, Australians feel as though their financial situation is in dire straits as many struggle with the cost-of-living crisis and do not know the best place to seek financial advice, new surveys reveal. ...

Stake 'breaks barriers' with inaugural fixed income product

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... platform has launched an actively managed fund, targeting a return of 2% above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate. Launched today, Stake Accumulate is primarily invested in liquid, fixed income securities, but may also invest in a wide range ...

DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... cost of capital. For markets where we think there's higher geopolitical risks, there'll be a slightly higher hurdle rate," she notes. This is the case for Taiwan and China. "For their stocks to look as attractive, they need to bring in a bit ...

Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Future Fund has acquired a 10% stake in energy transmission operator Transgrid from $155.5 billion Canadian pension fund OMERS. OMERS will retain a 10% stake in Transgrid, which it first invested in five years ago, and manage the Future Fund's stake ...

Vanguard Super leads in organic growth: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
Vanguard Super was the super fund with the highest organic growth rate in FY24, both in terms of assets under management (AUM) and membership, according to a KPMG report. CareSuper technically had the highest growth in AUM and membership, though this ...

J.P. MAM slashes recession probability to 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... from 125% Rob Stewart, the head of multi-asset solutions international at J.P. MAM, said previously the effective net tariff rate for the US for all its trading partners averaged about 24%. "With the latest announcement, it's come down to about 13% ...