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Interest rates, liquidity top of mind for Future Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
... in a bid to curb any potential liquidity issues. Rising interest rates, soaring 10-year bond yields, and the weak Aussie dollar are all front of mind for Future Fund deputy chief investment officer Alicia Gregory. Gregory told the CFA Societies Australia ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has refuted claims that the government's push to incorporate a Voice to Parliament has come at the expense of the economy. Tomorrow, millions of Australians will hit the polls and decide if a First Nations' Voice to Parliament ...

RBA's multi-channel approach curbs inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... channel can be important. Kent noted that when interest rates comparatively rise to central banks abroad, the Australian dollar's value increases. This results in Australians paying less for imports, while foreign consumers face higher costs for domestic ...

Future Super switches up service providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... Meantime, similar to a recent announcement from Spaceship, both Future Super and Verve Super will also begin charging a dollar-based administration fee to members with low balances. From November 1, Future Super members with less than $6000 in their ...

How will the Israel-Hamas conflict impact Australia?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... volatility. "Where the tone of the market has been, if you look at the last 24 hours, equity markets have rallied, the Aussie dollar has increased," he said. "The market has not seen it in a very negative light; it's trying to process what it all ...

Future Fund slapped with new disclosure rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... take is to liquidate, in an orderly manner, the holdings of the Future Funds and pay down debt. "With every additional dollar of Commonwealth debt accumulated and every interest rate increase, the case for closing and retiring the Future Funds becomes ...

ANZ hit with $15m penalty for misleading customers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
ANZ Bank has been ordered to pay $15 million by the Federal Court for misleading customers over the funds available to them in select credit card accounts. The Court found that ANZ breached both the ASIC and the National Consumer Credit Protection Act ...

US regulator fines DWS US$25m for greenwashing, AML offences

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
DWS Investment Management's American operations will pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission US$25 million to settle charges stemming from greenwashing claims and failures to develop an anti-money laundering (AML) program for mutual funds it advised. ...

Singaporean wealth manager mandates Aussie boutique

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
Melbourne-based Spatium Capital has received an undisclosed investment from Singaporean wealth manager Conduit Group (Conduit) in its Small Companies Fund (SSCF). Conduit, an integrated financial services company that offers securities dealing, wealth ...

Australian Bond Exchange, Boston Global Group launch fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... using deferred purchase agreements (DPAs) and/or credit instruments issued by financial institutions that pay Australian dollar-denominated returns equivalent to those that would have been payable had the specified debt securities bene directly acquired. ...