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Financial services deregulation boosts economy by $2bn: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... evidence-based review of the tax system, instead of piecemeal tinkering with superannuation taxes. At 30%, Australia's company tax rate is uncompetitive with an OECD average rate moving towards 20%, the FSC argues, which in turn impacts the country's ...

RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
GSFM investment specialist Stephen Miller is predicting the RBA will deliver an interest rate cut in February. If it does occur, it will be the RBA's first rate cut since November 2020, and the first change in the official cash rate since November 2023. ...

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... improving optimism broadly, which might be playing into this, especially in the equity space, where investors are anticipating rate cuts later on," she said. "And for some of these investors who've adopted more aggressive investment strategies, it ...

VanEck to launch 'next evolution' long short ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... launch of ALFA is timely and the volatility due to complexities including geopolitical tensions and the fast-changing interest rate landscape will help solidify that. "Meanwhile, style rotations and valuation gaps are presenting short-term opportunities ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
Although cautious about the broader global economy, Australian companies are confident about growth in 2025 and are pouring funds into decarbonisation - marking 2025 as an attractive entry point for green investors. The finding comes from a Capgemini ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... meme coins, here's what the experts are saying as Trump 2.0 kicks off. Market mayhem Investors are reducing bets on interest rate cuts in the US and pricing in more potential inflation under a Trump government, which could continue to weigh on stock ...

Australian Ethical grows FUM to $13.26bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... resilience is that even in a period where we were not able to promote and generate new superannuation business at our normal rate (given the administrator change and disruption), our other channels continued to provide meaningful uplift," McMurdo said. ...

MA Financial readies first LIT for launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... asset backed lending space across the world, with monthly distributions and a risk-adjusted target return of the RBA Cash Rate + 4.25% per annum over a rolling 12-month period (pre-tax, net of management fees and costs). Investors can benefit from exposure ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... strong in the December 2024 read, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 4% in December. "With employment rising by 56,000 people and the number of unemployed ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... yields tend to flow through to other markets. The rise in yields reflects a reassessment by markets about the number of US rate cuts likely in 2025, after the Fed's "hawkish" December rate cut," Mousina said. "The lift in bond yields has probably gone ...