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IMF issues stark inflation warning for Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its inflation predictions for 2025, upping Australia's consumer price index expectations from 2.8% to 3.6%. In its World Economic Outcomes report, the IMF predicted Australia would be one of two advanced ...

IAM announces new product, appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
Income Asset Management (IAM) has launched a new asset backed securities (ABS) and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) product, ABS-RMBS Direct. The new product aims to offer investors direct access to the asset class. ABS and RMBS are investment ...

CBA's conviction on December rate cut has 'dipped'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... employment is the current maximum level of employment that is consistent with low and stable inflation," he said. The RBA's point estimate of the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) is 4.3% (i.e. 0.2ppts above the current unemployment ...

Australian Ethical FUM nears $13bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
Australian Ethical has recorded a 24% growth in funds under management so far this financial year, fuelled by its acquisition of Altius Asset Management. Australian Ethical has $12.95 billion in funds under management (FUM) as at September end. About ...

ECB drops interest rates to 3.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
The European Central Bank (ECB) has lowered interest rates for the third time this year by 25 basis points to 3.25%. The decision affects three key areas: the deposit facility, main refinancing operations, and marginal lending facility, which will decrease ...

Mandate appointments sink to new lows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
... mandate appointments in the year to December 2014. "The total number of mandates on a rolling basis has touched their lowest [point] ever," Rainmaker said. The super funds that awarded the most mandates in the year to June 2024 were Rest (15), Hostplus ...

Hopes of RBA cut 'in tatters' after jobs data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
... fall in the number of unemployed people, the strong rise in employment saw the participation rate rise by 0.1 percentage point to a record high of 67.2%. "Employment has risen by 3.1% in the past year, growing faster than the civilian population growth ...

Australia's retirement system slides down rankings

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... rating, including the move to introduce a government superannuation contribution to primary carers of young children, a point hailed by Delahunty.

Macquarie AM reshuffles real assets team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
Macquarie Asset Management has consolidated three of its listed real assets businesses and reshuffled the investment team in a bid to drive synergies available to the asset class. The asset manager said folding natural resources, listed infrastructure ...

ETF winners and losers in September

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
VanEck has revealed last month's best and worst performing exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as the industry hits $220 billion. The highest returns came from the VanEck China New Economy ETF, which climbed 21.4%, followed by the iShares China Large-Cap ...