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MLC AM delivers real returns for members in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... doesn't sound that exciting, but it was actually a challenging year." Ultimately, the fund manager decided to take a "neutral" stance on equities, spurred by the Liberation Day turbulence. In early April, US President Donald Trump unleashed a slew ...

ASIC takes Block Earner case to High Court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... assets from one form into another are regulated. "The definition of financial product was drafted in a broad and technology-neutral way, and ASIC believes it is in the public interest to clarify this," the regulator said. "This clarification is important ...

J.P. MAM slashes recession probability to 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... equities, particularly US equities. But since Liberation Day, its overall equity position has moved from overweight to neutral, maintaining small, long positions in Europe, UK and Japan - effectively diversifying out of US equities. US equities have ...

NAB forecasts 50bp rate cut in May

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... CPI forecast for trimmed mean inflation - is well over 1%," Auld said. "In our view that shifts the cash rate back to a neutral stance more quickly than we had previously expected and leaves the RBA with a more appropriate policy stance. "With longer ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... We still don't think that a US recession is probable. It's certainly possible, but not probable. That's why we're neutral equities at the moment." He adds that while there's a possibility markets will overact in the weeks ahead, this could open the ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... members at key life stages. SOAs will be replaced by Client Advice Records (CARs); "a principles-based, technologically-neutral record that is in plain English and supports the client to make an informed decision about the advice." "Licensees and authorised ...

Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... interest's duty; removing red tape which is an obstacle to advisers taking on more clients; ensuring that we have technology-neutral legislation. In short, it is about ensuring that there are more safe doors for people to enter and get financial ...

RBA delivers 'cautious' cut, road ahead unclear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... rate would still be considered restrictive, with at least two further rate cuts required to take the cash rate to a more neutral setting of around 3.1%." Meanwhile, Schroders head of fixed income Kellie Wood is expecting two further cuts from the RBA ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... comfortable" with discussing financial coercion. Twenty-nine percent said they are "somewhat comfortable", while over 50% are "neutral". Jordan Vaka, an independent financial adviser at PlanningSolo, said advisers should firstly make sure they are comfortable ...

Property 'well-placed' for growth: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... investors need to look beyond the timing of the first cut to the cash rate and instead tune into the evolving debate on the neutral interest rate and what it means for long-term interest rates, ensuring their strategy is adaptable to different scenarios," ...