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Australian private capital industry surges 33%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... ensure that its regulatory and legislative frameworks remain efficient, effective and flexible enough to enable investment in start-ups and growth businesses," Prasad said. "It is these businesses that will give Australia a more dynamic and future-proofed ...

Super fund expenditure to be exposed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
APRA will publicly expose the way superannuation fund trustees are spending and investing members' funds later this year. The move comes after a consultation with the industry in which APRA sought feedback on proposals to treat most of the data it now ...

Infrastructure a foundational portfolio asset class: IFM Investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
Infrastructure should be considered as an equally vital asset class for institutional investors as traditional asset classes, according to the latest annual IFM Investors Infrastructure Outlook. Although infrastructure has a proven track record as a ...

Jo Townsend named chief executive of NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
One of Australia's most experienced superannuation executives will take the helm of New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund, following Matt Whineray's departure late last year. Guardians of NZ Superannuation have appointed Jo Townsend as head ...

Why BlackRock is taking a risk-on view

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
BlackRock has high hopes, at least in the short term, that market sentiment is set to improve. In a market update, the asset manager said the potential for falling inflation, nearing interest rate cuts and solid corporate earnings will support "cheery ...

Calls for fresh 5% hike to minimum wage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... work part-time. "The lowest paid workers are the ones who are the hardest hit by inflation, they need a 5% pay increase to start to get ahead again and make up for the real wage losses over the last few years," ACTU secretary Sally McManus said. "When ...

Luxury fashion house sued over Birkin bag sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Hermes is facing an antitrust class action which alleges it only allows customers with "sufficient purchase history" to buy the infamous Birkin handbags. The French luxury fashion house is being sued in California in a case that claims sales associated ...

US Federal Reserve eyes multiple interest rate cuts this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) chose to keep the benchmark policy rate at 5.25% to 5.50%. Despite holding rates at their current level, the latest dot plot revealed the FOMC expects 75 basis points of cuts this year, with more to come in ...

Listed companies drive economy's momentum: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Australian companies continue to defy odds and beat analysts' expectations to help keep the economy on its resilience streak. Perennial Partners lead portfolio manager Stephen Bruce, who presented at the Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) Capital Cities in ...

Interest rate cut may not come until 2025, experts warn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... are not enough to bring forward the possibility of a cut. Of those that weighed in (28), one in four said the RBA won't start cutting rates until 2025. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver said economists were already expecting the RBA to start cutting in ...