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Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... to menopause and perimenopause to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee. Following 258 submissions and seven public hearings, the committee handed down its report this week, making 25 recommendations in total. Chief among the recommendations ...

Fed cut will not move the dial for RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... School said it has been another month of mixed signals. "On the one hand, inflation remained too high, propped up by high public-sector spending. On the other hand, the private sector continued to weaken," Kingston said. James Morley from The University ...

RBA doubling down on wholesale CBDC

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... tokenisation, Jones said the three-year roadmap will study different aspects of the innovation. "Next month, we will launch the public phase of Project Acacia, which will explore opportunities to uplift the efficiency, transparency and resilience of ...

Alternatives market to hit US$30tn by 2030: Preqin

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... to $12 trillion by 2029, representing an annualised growth rate of 12.8%. Preqin predicts it will occupy about 6% of the public and private equity markets by the end of the year. "Global alternatives markets continue to evolve rapidly, especially as ...

Megatrends impacting portfolio construction: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... Another major trend, which Jacques said has been playing out for several years already was the movement of money out of public markets and into private ones. "These assets are likely to continue to grow because of that structural shift that's emerging. ...

Hanson backs Dixon Advisory inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
A public inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory will soon launch after the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) gained support from Senator Pauline Hanson in the senate yesterday. After pounding the pavement for months, the FAAA has successfully ...

ASFA launches new initiative to fight financial crime

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... crime. "As the Minister for Cyber Security, Tony Burke noted... the rapid pace of development of risk in this area means public and private partnerships will be necessary to meet and beat cyber threats," Delahunty said. "As the peak body for superannuation ...

Muzinich & Co. partners to launch infrastructure debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... engagement with the sector. "We are committed to bringing our clients a breadth of high-quality credit strategies across public and private markets," Muzinich said. "Expanding our private debt offering into infrastructure and real assets will enable ...

Janus Henderson to manage new tokenised treasury fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... tokenised fund. The US$360 billion asset manager will serve as a sub-adviser to the LTF, which will be issued on Centrifuge's public blockchain, giving investors direct access to short-term US Treasury bills. It will manage the fund's daily operations ...

China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... that found the main state pension fund will run out of money by 2035 if nothing is done. It's estimated China's public pension bill is currently more than 5% of its GDP. For men, the retirement age will be lifted from 60 to 63. Meanwhile, women ...