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RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has indicated it is open to the consideration of an interest rate cut in May, as US President Donald Trump's tariffs place risks on the global economy. The RBA board minutes from the April meeting acknowledged ...

Global investor services group enters Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... increased allocations to alternative assets such as infrastructure, real estate, and private equity," IQ-EQ said. "As interest rates ease, private market fund managers are increasingly moving more into this market, with high single digit growth expected ...

NGS Super to launch lifetime income product

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
NGS Super has partnered with Challenger to provide guaranteed lifetime income for members. The agreement will give the super fund's 32,000 members aged over 55 "greater certainty" through blending an account-based pension with a guaranteed, regular ...

Collectables market reaches $17bn: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... order to audit their fund," he said. Meanwhile, digital platform for classic and collector car Retro Rides is seeking interest for its first investment round to raise $500,000 to scale the business. Retro Rides co-founder Cameron Jurd said the platform ...

First Sentier to enter Australian ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... companies capable of compounding earnings growth and providing opportunities," he said. "By borrowing at a low institutional interest rate to invest, LEVR aims to compound the long-term growth of rising markets, offering the potential for amplified returns ...

AMP shareholders approve executive pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... together with our improving reputation," she said. "Our recently launched digital advice offering is already gaining interest, with over 2200 members accessing the retirement health check, and over half of those receiving advice on retirement income ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... both parties are much better politics than they are economics," Holden said. "The Coalition's unprecedented mortgage interest tax deduction is costly to the budget, arbitrary in terms of who it helps, creates financial stability risks, and is hard ...

Northern Trust survey reveals what's testing asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... external challenges, which is "particularly difficult" for asset owners to predict, macroeconomic factors, including interest rate changes were most pressing. Geopolitical instability ranked second, though it was cited less frequently by respondents ...

Future Group positions super offerings for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
As part of Future Group's broader plans to scale, Future Super and Verve Super are set to be merged into the Smart Future Trust, giving members of each a completely new menu of investment options for less. From May 23, the Future Super Fund, including ...

Short-term noise reinforces long-term investment thinking: ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... "Is there likely to be a premium for illiquidity? We think the answer is absolutely, 'yes'," Parker said. "Given that interest rates and bond yields are higher, and the future returns of conservative assets such as deposit rates are higher, more conservative ...