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Residential mortgages will defy headwinds: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... whitepaper Australian private debt market rev iew reads. The first mitigant is that arrears that are 90-plus days overdue for non-banks tracked at 37 basis points as at November 2022 - the lowest level in 15 years. Secondly, Foresight found that non-banks ...

Women-led super funds outperform over medium, long run

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... the male-led products were BHP, CSL, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Macquarie. By sector, women and men favoured materials, banks, energy, pharmaceuticals and diversified financials. However, women-led funds were structurally much more exposed to the transport ...

Bridgewater to restructure, pushes for global expansion

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... sector, as firms look to cut costs and adjust to a turbulent macroeconomic environment. Many financial firms, including major banks and asset managers, have announced job cuts in recent months. Despite this, Bridgewater is looking to expand, with plans ...

Australian dividends surge in 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... dividend rose for the full year and then declined by the second half. The report further explained, Australia's large banks mirrored their US, UK, and European counterparts in building on the strong dividend recovery of 2021, growing their payouts ...

Industry super defies turbulent markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... the end of last year to $3.4 trillion in total, APRA said, pointing to market volatility largely driven by global central banks' aggressive monetary tightening to curb inflation, which has subsequently slowed economic growth. Super funds' rate of return ...

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... advice to members and be subject to the proposed Good Advice Duty. However, many fear that superannuation funds, insurers and banks will gain more advice autonomy and the financial services industry will revert to the pre-Hayne Royal Commission era. ...

Knight Frank, Berkadia form international alliance

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... capital markets platform, providing clients with access to the most active cross-border investors, international institutions, banks, and sovereign wealth funds. The platform spans all major capital hubs and sources of capital, including Asia Pacific ...

Sun Venture makes first purchase down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... that the debt funding was secured at a market leading rate. "This transaction demonstrates a strong appetite from local banks for assets with resilient income streams amid volatility in debt markets," he said.

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... advice being only accessible to those who can afford it. Those who cannot "will be left with the conflicted advice of the banks and super funds." Among her proposals, and as anticipated, Levy suggested amending the Corporations Act to allow for all financial ...

My mind has not been changed: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... It's the long-debated proposal that's considered the most problematic and will see superannuation funds, insurers and banks gain more advice autonomy if Treasury adopts the recommendation outlined in the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) final report. ...