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Interest rate cut may not come until 2025, experts warn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... rates on hold at 4.35% today but hopes for a rate cut around the corner may be off the table. In this month's Finder RBA Cash Rate Survey, 41 experts and economists weighed in on what to expect from the central bank in the coming months. Almost three-quarters ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... "Mistakes will be made, and they will have important implications for the evolution of AI, the structure of the industry and the cash flow earned by investors. Implementing a rigid and complex regulatory framework is likely to impose excessive costs ...

Iress sells mortgages arm to Bain Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... middle of the year. The transaction follows Iress offloading its platform business last month to Praemium for $1 million cash and additional $20 million over 18 months if certain milestones are met. Last year, Iress also sold its managed fund administration ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces new investment strategy and options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... and September 30 this year. "We're changing the underlying investments of the strategy from Balanced, Retirement and Cash Pools to High Growth, Balanced and Cash Pools. Updating the age at which we transition and how we transition investments between ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Alcoa merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... because of its declining membership. In determining sustainability of the fund, APRA looked at the number of member accounts, cash flows and rollovers. Alcoa failed on all three, seeing declines across all metrics. At the time of announcing its merger ...

AMP upgrades North investment platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... look to partner with more advice practices to create tailored portfolios for their clients," she said. "Likewise, a flexible cash account is important to advisers in implementing efficient and cost-effective investments, as is switch functionality, which ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... uncertain, dividends are well supported," Ben Lofthouse, head of global equity income at Janus Henderson, said. "Corporate cash flow in most sectors has remained strong and is providing plenty of firepower for dividends and share buybacks." Lofthouse ...

HESTA names head of investment execution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... as reported by Industry Moves. Lin previously worked at U Ethical for two years as a portfolio manager of fixed income and cash before joining the super fund in January.

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... announced the introduction of Return-on-Equity as a metric for management performance. "Many of these companies have excess cash on balance sheet, depressing return on equity. The easiest way for management teams to hit these targets is to pay out more ...

WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... formula based on the pre-tax net tangible assets of both companies. Alternatively, QVE shareholders may choose to receive cash for their shares at a 2.5% discount. QVE shareholders will likely be given the opportunity to vote on the Scheme at a meeting ...