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Qualitas secures additional $300m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... options to ADIA under which it may acquire up to 32.66 million new ordinary shares in Qualitas, representing up to 9.86% of issues equity on a fully diluted basis, if ADIA committed incremental investment mandates totalling up to $1.7 billion. After ...

Where does the world's largest active manager say to invest?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... pipeline. The report said shifting trade winds are also bringing opportunities to new markets. "Rising geopolitical logistical issues during the COVID pandemic forced many companies to adopt a 'China Plus One' strategy, diversifying their supply chains ...

Inflation weighing on next generation of retirees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... modern times," she said. "Concerns about inflation, mounting public debt, global geopolitical uncertainty, and domestic issues like the housing and cost-of-living crises have made retirement a daunting prospect for most Australians in this cohort. At ...

RBA issues warning over inflationary spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate on hold at 4.35% in June but would not rule out another hike in the future. The RBA board noted that inflation had fallen substantially since its peak in 2022 but said recent federal and ...

First Bitcoin ETF to launch this week on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... feeder fund, providing investors with exposure to Bitcoin by investing in the VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) - a US ETF that issues common shares of beneficial interest that are listed on Cboe. However, Monochrome Asset Management chief executive Jeff Yew ...

AFCA seeks industry feedback on approaches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... AFCA Approach documents support consumers, small businesses and financial firms' understanding of its approach to certain issues and how it reaches decisions. The Approach documents provide practical information on how AFCA will assess and determine ...

ASIC issues first stop order for crowd funding

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an interim stop order preventing Hirehood from offering securities under its crowd-sourced funding (CSF) offer document. The CSF was published on the VentureCrowd intermediary platform. ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... in 2022. As the global economy has cooled, it is women that have been disproportionately hit, reinforcing the systemic issues that hold women back in the workplace," LinkedIn vice president global public policy and economic graph Sue Duke said. "We are ...

AustralianSuper bears brunt of complaints: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... sector registered 2336 complaints for the period. The lion's share (52%) related to account administration, followed by issues relating to group insurance (35.7%). A minority related to death benefits (11.5%) and pensions (0.89%). Victims of Dixon ...

APRA warns entities on adequacy of backup systems

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... to recover systems and data. "APRA expects regulated entities to review their backup arrangements against these common issues. If the review identifies gaps that could materially impact the entity's risk profile or financial soundness, APRA considers ...