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US enters recession - or does it?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... decreases in private inventory investment, residential fixed investment, federal government spending, state and local government spending, and non-residential fixed investment," the Bureau of Economic Analysis said. Meanwhile, real disposable personal ...

Australian corporate debt dwindles: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... Henderson analysis found that Australian corporate debt has fallen 21.5% over 12 months because of booming cash flows from local miners. Sharp rebounds in profits among Australian companies along with debt repayments have pushed Australia's corporate ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... and in need of deployment. "HOPE has been designed to overcome the challenge of essential workers being priced out of the local suburbs in which they work. Our homeownership solution is designed to ensure our essential workforce can live near their work ...

Active Super, Vision Super mull merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... profit-to-member funds of a similar size and shared a common history; a history of servicing current and former local government employees in their respective states of NSW and Victoria. Should the merger proceed, the funds will jointly manage approximately ...

Cbus takes 10% stake in major wind project

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Cbus has acquired a 10% interest in a local offshore wind project owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. The industry fund acquired the stake in Star of the South, Australia's largest offshore wind project majority owned by CIP via its flagship ...

S&P launches agribusiness Index

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
... Dow Jones Indices head of ESG and innovation Reid Steadman said the index aligns to the government's goal of expanding the local agribusiness industry. "This innovative index reflects the market's heightened awareness of the need for sustainable agriculture. ...

Hostplus, Statewide Super finalise merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... merger, Hostplus adds 122,744 members in South Australia and 10,630 in the Northern Territory, including from the local government and public sectors. It also includes several defined benefit members, with Elia commenting: "This positions the fund well ...

ISA uncovers disgraceful regional gender super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... Victorian city Bendigo have half the superannuation of men. It's believed this large divergence first expanded when many local women took time out of the workforce to have children. In response to these findings, ISA forebode that a lack of bridge the ...

Hostplus expands IP Group commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... expands the mandate of the group's partnership with Hostplus to include investment to commercialise research from the group's local university partners. The innovation fund has so far invested in several technology companies that have come out of universities ...

Spirit Super investment bought out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... in Canberra with the collaboration of ANU, ANUConnect Ventures and the ACT government has extensive multiplier effects on local employment," Barry said. "Spirit Super congratulates the founders and management of Intsaclustr, the chief executive and team ...