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The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... index delivered a "stellar" 25% return, buoyed by a resilient economy, corporate earnings growth and a favourable interest rate environment. The dominance of the Magnificent Seven, which benefited from increased investment in AI, cloud computing, and ...

Australian private capital sector totals $139bn: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... backdrop, Australia-focused funds offered an "attractive" risk and return profile, including a 13.8% median net internal rate of return among vintage funds between 2014 and 2021, against their counterparts in North America (12.4%), Asia (11.7%), and ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... towards the end of this month. "The March quarter consumer price index (CPI) was a good enough result for a 25 bp policy rate cut at the next RBA meeting on May 19-20, but that is about it," Miller said. "...expectations in some quarters for a 50bp policy ...

Life insurance premiums edge lower

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... This was up slightly from the September quarter, but still down 5.3% from the same quarter a year earlier. The attrition rate for individual lump sum policies rose to 10.5% in December, up from 10.1% a year earlier. Disability income insurance new business ...

Rest details internal program to reform death benefit processes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... superannuation trustees in March. ASIC's review found Rest had resolved just 8% of claims within 90 days - the lowest rate among the trustees assessed. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) considers three months a reasonable timeframe ...

Super moves: Cbus, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Funds SA deputy chief investment officer and director of equities has jumped to Cbus Super, the industry fund for building and construction workers. After seven years with the $46 billion investment corporation owned by the government of South Australia ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... to get more work done, cost-of-living pressures and the strong labour market," Brooks said. Brooks said the participation rate has picked up particularly for mothers and carers who can work from home when they previously may have been locked out of the ...

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... inflation was 2.9% in the March quarter, down from 3.3% in the December quarter. This is the lowest annual trimmed mean inflation rate since the December 2021 quarter. Saxo chief investment strategist Charu Chanana said while a May interest rate cut ...

WA takes the economic crown: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... economic sentiment in the mortgage-sensitive states of New South Wales and Victoria, while the interplay between interest rate cuts, federal election outcomes, and global trade dynamics will be crucial in shaping the economic outlook," he said. The State ...

Bravura chief exits: 'Right time to step aside'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
Bravura chief executive Andrew Russell has decided to step down from his role, effective immediately, after leading the software solutions company through a turnaround. Russell joined Bravura in June 2023 in the role of managing director and chief executive. ...