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AustralianSuper takes monster hit on Pluralsight

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
AustralianSuper has written off its $1.1 billion investment in online education firm Pluralsight, following the company's restructuring. The superannuation giant invested in Pluralsight in 2021, as a co-underwriter with Vista Equity Partners, which ...

Sequoia ends FY24 with 350 advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... businesses like ours are far more sustainable and less reliant on new sales and transactional income. In our case the retention rate of advisers of a scale we see as commercial using our services and accountants using our legal and document business ...

Economists hit back at RBA guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... year. RBA governor Michele Bullock pushed back against the market pricing, stating it was "premature to be thinking about rate cuts" and a near-term cut "doesn't align with the board's current thinking". The RBA has introduced forward guidance since ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
Australia must move beyond pervasive short-termism and lift its policy ambitions if the nation is to reach its economic potential, according to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). "Our record of almost three decades of economic ...

BlackRock launches new bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
BlackRock Australia has announced it will launch the iShares 20+ year US Treasury Bond ETF (ASX: ULTB) with a management fee of 0.15%. The addition of the ETF extends the local iShares fixed income range, which it said offers Australian advisers and ...

360 Capital returns to profit in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... the remainder of 2024, however, Storey expects markets to continue to deteriorate further as the full effect of interest rate rises and the slowing economy continues to impact the Australian commercial real estate markets and general economy. "The start ...

Fed's Powell says 'time has come' to cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... the opening address. "The time has come for policy to adjust. The direction of travel is clear, and the timing and pace of rate cuts will depend on incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks," Powell said. However, Powell did acknowledge ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... parental leave will accumulate SG contributions on the income paid by the government from 1 July 2025, at which time the SG rate will have increased to 12%. Those SG contributions will have a nominal interest rate amount applied to them and will then ...

Qualitas shines in FY24, Charter Hall contracts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... returns, while simultaneously leading to devaluations in the underlying property values. "Further, while the ongoing interest rate environment has remained uncertain, investors have been reluctant to commit new capital for investment until real estate ...

Zenith increases defensive investment as recession risk looms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... weaker data going forward. While the so-called Sahm rule, which signals a recession when the three-month average unemployment rate rises more than 0.5 per cent from its 12-month low, was triggered in July, a broader range of indicators are not consistent ...