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Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
The US Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold when it met overnight as it takes a "patient" stance while it awaits the inflationary impacts of US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The Fed noted that "uncertainty about the economic outlook has increased" ...

Foreign investment in Australia booms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its yearly reading on Australia's international investment position, showing a boom in foreign investment into the country. In 2024, foreign investment rose $326.9 billion to hit $4.97 trillion. ...

NZ Super recognised for two decades of outperformance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years. That's according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings, which found NZ Super Fund's returns over the 20 years to June 2024 significantly outperformed ...

Ellerston Capital awards distribution mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
Sodor Capital will distribute three Ellerston Capital funds to institutional investors. Ellerston Capital has signed Sodor Capital to market three of its funds - the Ellerston Fixed Income Target Return Fund, Ellerston JAADE Australian Private Assets ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
A merger between Platinum Asset Management and L1 Capital may deliver scale, but it won't resolve the deeper structural issues dogging traditional active managers, including fee pressure and market share loss to passive investment vehicles like ETFs ...

ASIC streamlines AFSL applications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
The regulator launched a new digital portal for Australian financial services licence (AFSL) applications. From today, those wishing to gain an AFSL can use ASIC's new portal, integrated with the ASIC Regulatory Portal. It has a new interface and method ...

Global economic uncertainty the main priority: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
Freshly re-elected Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the "immediate focus" of the government is tackling global economic uncertainty because of US President Donald Trump's tariffs. Speaking with the ABC after the election win, Chalmers said he is ...

ASX admits CHESS tech staff 'stretched'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
The ASX has completed a resourcing and capability review for CHESS, after an outage occurred in late December 2024 which saw a "technical issue" on the CHESS Batch Settlement that disrupted and delayed several days' trade settlements. This outage ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
Australians who have worked from home since the COVID-19 pandemic have cut their commutes by around three hours a week, equivalent to a time saving worth an estimated $5308 a year based on average wages, new research by the Committee for Economic Development ...

Escala launches alternatives platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
Escala Partners will launch a dedicated end-to-end alternatives investment platform. The platform has been designed in partnership with One Investment Group, and will will offer bespoke solutions to optimise operational workflows, including document ...