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Unemployment rate rises as gender wage gap narrows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... notable decrease from the 13.9% observed just before the pandemic hit in November 2019. This figure is also substantially lower than the 17.4% recorded a decade ago in May 2013. ASPL Group chief executive Kris Grant said: "Women, who comprise almost ...

Danish pension fund hands $500m to QIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... for people working in eldercare, cleaning, technical service, and pedagogical care in Denmark. The mandate will focus on lower middle market buyouts alongside established and emerging sponsors, as well as targeting control investments in high-growth ...

Multiple moves in Aware investments team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... global institutional investor and super fund, we are well positioned to continue to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns and lower fees for our more than 1.1 million members." In the most recent performance reporting period, Aware Super delivered a 10.7 ...

US inflation rises 3.2%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... strongly committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2% goal," he said. Australia's CPI softened to 6% in June. This was lower than the 7% annual rise in March but marked the second consecutive quarter of lower inflation.

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... was the best-performing asset class last year with a 0.1% yield, managed a return of 2.9% this year, placing it among the lower-performing assets. "Although volatility smooths out in the long run, markets are unpredictable in the short run. The best ...

Charter Hall REIT cops $198m loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
A Charter Hall REIT suffered a major blow to its bottom line, copping a $198 million loss as substantial devaluations in the commercial real estate sector materialise in the 2023 financial year results. The Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (CLW) made a whopping ...

Online investor numbers dip as cost-of-living bites

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... surge in dormancy. Over 420,000 previously active investors did not participate during the reporting period, combined with lower inflows of new-to-market investors. Cost of living pressures are, in no small part, contributing to these outcomes, Investment ...

Pinnacle steadies FY23 profit, FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... been insipid and institutional investors at home and overseas have remained defensively positioned. "These significantly lower than normal flows have impacted FUM and flow-based distribution fees in Pinnacle parent. The lower than initially anticipated ...

HESTA moves 10% of portfolio in-house

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... teams gives us greater agility and flexibility, which means we can move quickly on more investment opportunities, and at a lower cost to members," she said. "As a long-horizon investor, our internal teams bring market intelligence to the table that's ...

Mortgage holders, retailers relax after rate pause

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
Mortgage holders and retailers breathed a resounding sigh of relief when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) steadied the cash rate for the second month in a row. In leaving the base rate at 4.1%, the RBA signalled that its monetary policy strategy ...