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Global dividend strength to continue: Plato

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
Dividend growth trends in international equities are expected to continue in 2025 after global developed market countries paid out $485 million in dividends in Q4 2024, according to a new report by Plato Investment Management. This was an 8.3% increase ...

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... and deletions outperform their respective indices by 3.5% in the month leading up to the index reconstitution, dropping in price by an average reversal of 2% in the month following the rebalance date. Further, shares added to indices costs 4% more to ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... not only entangled in negative events reported widely in the media but also "significantly underperformed" from a share price perspective. Acadian Australia portfolio manager Matt Picone, however, said this underperformance wasn't necessarily because ...

Australian Ethical 'cautious' on valuations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Australian Ethical is betting on the tech sector - and primarily artificial intelligence (AI) - being major themes for investors in 2025. Australian Ethical said while technology and AI drove market performance to new highs in 2024, it is looking for ...

RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
GSFM investment specialist Stephen Miller is predicting the RBA will deliver an interest rate cut in February. If it does occur, it will be the RBA's first rate cut since November 2020, and the first change in the official cash rate since November 2023. ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... production soars. Shares of US energy giants and mid-cap firms are likely poised for significant upward momentum as the markets price in increased output and profitability. "Global oil prices, already sensitive to geopolitical developments, could see ...

Where to invest when local equities look expensive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
Australian equities are richly priced, yet local portfolios remain heavily skewed towards the domestic market; investors have avenues to seek out diversification and better value, according to Morningstar market strategist Lochlan Halloway. Australian ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... poor member claims experience and the 70% decline in Link Group's (which is now MUFG Pension & Market Services) share price are just some examples prompting superannuation funds to reassess their relationships with administrators, the Finura's ...

Insignia grants CC Capital limited due diligence

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... proposal from CC Capital Partners to acquire all the shares in Insignia Financial by way of a scheme of arrangement at a price of $4.60 cash per share. The board of Insignia Financial said it has carefully considered the revised proposal from CC Capital. ...

Iress sells superannuation business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... leader in the provision of fund and asset servicing to regulated financial services businesses," Iress chief executive Marcus Price said. "We are delighted with this outcome, which is a great result for all parties - clients, employees and shareholders ...