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Economists divided over cash rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Accelerating wages growth and higher than expected inflation would perhaps indicate an increase is justified, however, the economic hardships faced by Australians is intensifying. According to an economic misery index by the University of Melbourne ...

Dexus, Partners Wealth Group airport fund to take off

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Partners Wealth Group has joined forces with Dexus to offer wholesale buyers the opportunity to invest in Melbourne Airport through its new APAC Wholesale Airports Fund. The fund, dubbed WAF, also provides exposure to the Australia Pacific Airports ...

Quality stocks outperform on average: Bell AM

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Quality stocks are back in vogue as institutional investors seek out companies with high probability and strong balance sheets amid rising interest rates. Speaking to Financial Standard Bell Asset Management chief investment officer Ned Bell explained ...

CareSuper, Spirit Super charge ahead with $50bn merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
CareSuper and Spirit Super have entered into a binding agreement to merge, set to finalise by late 2024. The combined superannuation entity will have $50 billion in funds under management (FUM) and serve over 500,000 members. Last year, former CareSuper ...

Frontier overhauls research function

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Frontier Advisors is restructuring its research team in a way that will see Andrew Kemp become head of defensive assets and private markets. While technically not a promotion, the overhaul widens Kemp's remit and gives him added responsibilities. ...

MAX Awards recognises best of the best

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Now in its 29th year, Financial Standard's Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence (MAX) Awards honoured the most influential professionals in the wealth management industry last night. The MAX Awards hosted about 350 people at the glittering ...

Family offices look to infrastructure for alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Family offices are increasingly allocating to infrastructure and shunning more risky alternatives such as venture capital and hedge funds, a new BlackRock report shows. Infrastructure will be a pivotal alpha-generating strategy for family offices this ...

Family offices ignoring $3.5tn time bomb: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
Echoing similar findings by UBS, KPMG has found that of the estimated 70% of Australian businesses that are family-run, only 30% have an established succession plan. This comes into focus with a $3.5 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer expected ...

It's the year of the raise, says Hays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
About 95% of financial services employers are planning to pay their staff more in the next 12 months, and it may just be because more than half of workers are considering going elsewhere, Hays has found. According to the latest Hays Salary Guide, 68% ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has jumped from 6.3% to 6.8%, adding to theories Australians could be in for another rate hike. The latest CPI numbers, released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), exceeded economist predictions of ...