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BitConnect promoter pleads guilty

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... through its website. The platform enabled lenders to invest or loan BCC for fixed terms in exchange for promised high interest rates. Investors did not control their loans once invested, nor could they withdraw their capital investment until the expiry ...

Loomis Sayles brings global bond fund to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... track record of delivering fixed income solutions that meet investment objectives without excessive risk. "With interest rates now back to more normal historic levels and fixed income yields looking more attractive, but markets still volatile and the ...

Value versus growth: Market expectations in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
In 2022, concerns about rising interest rates and the Russia-Ukraine war brought fundamentals back into focus, creating numerous opportunities for value investing to generate alpha. Then transitioning to the first half of 2023, that period saw significant ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... that work. Australia cannot rest until all women have a financially secure retirement," Schubert said. Schubert said lower rates of pay for feminised industries are a key driver of the gender super gap. "Anticipated pay rises for Australia's female-dominated ...

Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... More opportunities in every TAFE and University. A dignified retirement for older Australians." Social security deeming rates for financial investments will remain at current levels until 30 June 2025. This will benefit approximately 876,000 income support ...

Discover the best performing asset class of 2023: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... international equities (hedged) posted a 21.7% return. The hedged returns were slightly lower due to the Federal Reserve raising rates higher than the Reserve Bank of Australia in 2023. Global small caps (unhedged) achieved a 15.62%, followed by Australian ...

SMC says 'reckless' plan could cost taxpayers $1tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said a growing body of expert evidence showed the policy would not lift home ownership rates but would only make housing affordability worse while eroding retirement savings and leaving all Australians a tax bill. "It's ...

Betashares launches Australian Major Bank Subordinated Debt ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... high degree of capital stability. At the same time, the income paid by these bonds varies in line with benchmark interest rates, offering protection against rising interest rates," Betashares said. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur added that BSUB ...

Experts weigh in: Will the RBA hike rates again?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... statement, the central bank said it "remains vigilant of upside risks" and noted that while it previously indicated interest rates had peaked, it said the path to get inflation back into the target range was "uncertain". Commonwealth Bank head of Australian ...

Crescent Wealth to merge into Russell Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... "aren't appropriate having regard to their financial interests," and net returns "aren't consistent with market rates," indicative of poor performance. Scale was also pinpointed as an issue; with total member assets of $419 million and just under ...