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Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Barrenjoey chief economist Jo Masters believes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should hold off on making an interest rate cut today. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Masters said that while the market is pricing ...

Oaktree offers Star $650m lifeline

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Oaktree Capital has offered Star Entertainment a debt financing proposal to provide $650 million in two debt facilities with a term of five years. The proposal is subject to numerus conditions, including a comprehensive security package and intercreditor ...

Partners Wealth Group appoints new head of Partners Private

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Partners Wealth Group has appointed a new head of its wholesale investments business, Partners Private. The wealth management firm named Fraser Herd to oversee the development and expansion of its private investment opportunities for clients and partner ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to deliver its first interest rate cut since November 2020 when the board meets tomorrow. However, while most of the market is expecting a regular 0.25% cut, Betashares chief economist David Bassanese ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The housing construction sector is lagging Australia's productivity levels by 49% and is helping fuel the affordable housing crisis, a new report from the Productivity Commission reveals. The Housing construction productivity: Can we fix it? report ...

AMP profit dives as advice business sale bites

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
AMP's statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) slumped to $150 million in the 2024 financial year, nearly half the previous year's result, which the firm attributed to simplification spend and the sale of its advice business. The prior year's ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Rest is the latest fund to botch its handling of insurance - this time for incorrectly charging uninsured members for coverage - adding to a growing pile of industry failures. Rest's mishandling comes as other major superannuation funds have been caught ...

SG Hiscock, Ruffer shutter funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Two funds managed by SG Hiscock (SGH) and Ruffer have closed due to lack of investor interest. The SGH Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund was terminated on February 3 for failing to reach its required scale and retain and attract the desired number of investors. ...

ASIC updates on SMSF advice review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said reviews are underway into why consumers are advised to establish an SMSF. Plans for the review were first announced in ASIC's Corporate Plan 2024-25 and the regulator has now confirmed ...

ETF industry passes $250bn mark

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
Positive market performance and record inflows have seen the Australian ETF industry surpass $250 billion in funds under management (FUM), according to the Betashares January ETF review. The industry saw $4.6 billion in net flows with the total market ...