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Super for housing will cause rents to soar: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... avert risks to the incomes of retirees, of fiscal damage, higher taxes, and a weaker capital base for Australia's economy."

Top 10 Australian share funds of FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... market gains were driven by the big four banks, which have benefitted from the surprising resilience of the Australian economy to date. By June 30, CBA had taken over Citigroup and Mitsubishi UFG to become the 13th largest bank globally."

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... conduct. ""Clean financial markets are essential for the financial wellbeing of Australians and fundamental to an efficient economy. They enable business to raise capital and manage risk and give investors' confidence to invest," Longo said. "Protecting ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... president, has dropped out just weeks before the convention," Weiss said. "While the outcome of the election is often about the economy, the economy (and markets) is rarely about the election. "Investing based on elections is like a 'parlay' bet on the ...

Charges brought against ASX pump and dump group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... form of financial fraud, eroding investor wealth, threatening the integrity of our markets and potentially the Australian economy more broadly," ASIC chair Joe Longo said. "Upholding the integrity of our Australia's financial markets is a priority for ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... aims to give the fund greater exposure to assets it expects to benefit from megatrends that will influence the global economy and society: digitalisation, decarbonisation, and demographic changes. "The TowerBrook Delta fund will look to invest in sectors ...

RBA needs to 'rip the band-aid off' and hike rates: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). While a lower unemployment rate is normally a good sign for the economy, VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler said it wasn't the "hail Mary pass" the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... Miller said. "We are looking for these opportunities to allow our members to benefit from the transition to a lower carbon economy." He said as the technology evolves, so do the opportunities for investment. "We are delighted to support projects that ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... added that beyond CPI, other economic indicators suck as unemployment rates and consumer spending suggested that the US economy may not need the high-interest rate environment for much longer. "A cooling labour market, as pointed out by Powell, means ...

Robeco launches two new strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... perspectives. The Emerging Markets Climate Transition Equities strategy focuses specifically on the transition toward a low-carbon economy, aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement. The broader Transition Asian Equities strategy also focuses on ...