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CPI cools to 4.9%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... Australia (RBA) to hike rates at next week's final board meeting for 2023. "While the RBA has sounded more hawkish in the past few months under the new governor Michele Bullock, the RBA's commentary also hasn't indicated a sense of urgency ...

Aussie fintech growth counteracted by local challenges: EY

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
Australia's fintech sector is showing signs of growth; however, it's still being held back by constrained local capital, complex regulatory challenges, and investor appetite for offshore opportunities. In its eighth consecutive year, the EY ...

Gender pay gap trends down: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
The gender pay gap has hit a new low of 21.7%, largely driven by women working in senior management positions - except chief executive roles. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) latest scorecard, which assessed 4.82 million ...

Conscious Investment Management fund receives $50m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... investment and impact. "The Paul Ramsay Foundation has been so supportive of our fund," Tominc said. "They've cornerstoned a few funds for us. It's so powerful to have values-aligned capital investing in what we're doing. You need to walk ...

Inflation problem is homegrown: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... "homegrown" or demand side is fast driving the inflation numbers as opposed to the supply side, which has dominated over the last few years, particularly at the start of COVID-19. "Pandemic-related supply chain problems occurred at the same time as demand ...

Macquarie brings long-awaited ETFs to market

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... MAM's first three active ETFs on the ASX. "Having only recently come across to Macquarie, I can say it's been an eventful few months helping build Macquarie's new ETF platform," Hannon said. "Having spent quite some time in the Australian ...

Key advice reforms still coming, Jones promises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... not only on the policy design but the legislation design as well. "I believe the mistakes in this policy space in the last few years could have been avoided if we'd done just that. So, a few more weeks or months working through the details is better ...

Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... years, Bullock worries that this will contribute to rising costs. "We know that unit labour costs as measured in the last few years, have been rising quite substantially - 6%-8% - depending on how you might measure it. That's not helpful for inflation," ...

Robo-adviser reaches US$50bn milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
... chief executive David Fortunato said. UBS was set to acquire Wealthfront for US$1.4 billion in early 2022 but fell through a few months later. Both parties said that it was "mutually agreed" upon to terminate the deal. Wealthfront had about US$27 billion ...

A-REIT strategies outperform G-REITs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... inherent risks in the real estate sector, such as interest-rate risk and susceptibility to broader economic activities, to name a few," Le said. "It's also paramount to be mindful that passive strategies are generally not designed to offer downside protection ...