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Betashares launches fixed income ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Corporate Bond Active ETF (ASX:29BB) and 2030 Fixed Term Corporate Bond Active ETF (ASX:30BB) - began on the ASX's AQUA market on May 2. The ETFs provide exposure to investment-grade Australian corporate bonds held until maturity in May 2028, 2029, and ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... "The March quarter consumer price index (CPI) was a good enough result for a 25 bp policy rate cut at the next RBA meeting on May 19-20, but that is about it," Miller said. "...expectations in some quarters for a 50bp policy rate cut seem 'a bridge too ...

Platinum to lose $1bn mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... end of $9.64 billion. This figure includes the mandate that has now been terminated, the loss of which will show up in the May numbers. In April, Platinum saw net outflows of about $243 million, including $215 million from the Platinum Trust Funds. The ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... Standard, adding that "we will need to wait for the parliament to return to re-instate the Senate inquiry." The Senate, however, may not sit again until July or August. "There's a range of other things that consultation had been done, policies drafted ...

HMC Capital progresses re-tenancy of Healthscope hospitals

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... that it continues talks with multiple alternative hospital operators to re-tenant the facilities, and fears that Healthscope may enter receivership or administration. The hospitals sit within HMC's HealthCo Healthcare & Wellness REIT (ASX: HCW) and Healthcare ...

First Sentier Investors names chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... First Sentier Investors has announced the appointment of Ashley Conn as chief financial and strategy officer, effective late May. Conn will be based in Sydney and brings 25 years' experience of finance and investment banking to the role. Conn joins First ...

Warren Buffett to retire, recommends successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... to spring that on the directors effectively and that's my recommendation," Buffett said. However, Buffett flagged that he may still "hang around and could conceivably be useful in a few cases" but Abel will ultimately have the final word in terms of ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
A merger between Platinum Asset Management and L1 Capital may deliver scale, but it won't resolve the deeper structural issues dogging traditional active managers, including fee pressure and market share loss to passive investment vehicles like ETFs ...

Rest details internal program to reform death benefit processes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... deal directly with its insurer to expedite a terminal illness claim. A Rest spokesperson pointed to demographic factors that may explain the fund's processing timeframes, noting it has the highest proportion of young members, with more than one million ...

Wealth managers' recovery looks promising: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... could also help Challenger, analysts said, as will its desire to expand into private credit. "Retirement income opportunity may broaden if structure of super is reviewed, but we think CGF needs to have broader product offerings to capture this," the ...