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Schroders launches high yield credit strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... investment-grade rated credit securities with the potential to deliver consistent returns above cash and term deposits but with lower volatility than equities," Mason added. "This has been reflected in the strong 11.01% p.a. (gross of fees) return, 6.70% ...

Rapid growth in super sector poses risk to financial stability: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... growing group of borrowers experiencing financial stress in these economies, a further easing in inflation − and with it, lower policy rates − is expected to support the balance sheets and cash flows of households and firms over the period ahead. ...

Soul Patts sees profits slide 28%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... drop in statutory net profit after tax from $609.7 million in FY23 to $498.8 million in FY24. The fall was attributed to lower profits from some of the group's major holdings in New Hope and Brickworks in its strategic portfolio. Despite the profit slide ...

Inflation debate: Albo says rebates will keep inflation down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hit back at claims the official inflation figures released this week were only lower due to government rebates, despite what the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data found. Doing the media rounds this morning ...

Industry funds dominate ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... market capitalisation of the ASX. While these super funds benefit from economies of scale - larger mandates give rise to lower investment management fees, more cost-effective insourced investment functions, and more efficient access to private markets ...

Inflation cools but RBA unlikely to budge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.7% in the 12 months to August 2024 - down from 3.5% in July, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Falls in fuel (-7.6%) and electricity (-17.9%) were significant ...

Australians living through protracted period of economic misery: CEDA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... large savings in the bank will benefit from higher interest rates. But high inflation disproportionately hurts those on lower and fixed incomes with less financial wiggle room to cope with rising prices. Nevertheless, the misery index does clearly illustrate ...

APRA calls out high-cost super platforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... released package of product performance metrics and insights, adding it may be "particularly detrimental" to members with lower account balances. APRA's Comprehensive Product Performance Package (CPPP), brings together the product performance metrics ...

Super for housing debate heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... going to continue rising at a faster rate than superannuation assets, people who take advantage of this scheme will have lower income in retirement after housing costs than would otherwise be the case," Eslake said. "In other words, it would fundamentally ...

Federal Reserve kicks off easing cycle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... elected to cut interest rates by 50 basis points overnight, its first reduction in four years. The US central bank decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by half a percentage point to 4.75-5%, surprising many who believed it would ...