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Markets melt down over 'premature' recession fears

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... likely underway if the three-month average of the unemployment rate rises by half a percentage point in a year," he said. The major sell-off has all but confirmed that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is likely to keep interest rates on hold at today's ...

Brookfield expands $1bn student accommodation portfolio

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Brookfield has acquired a 50% stake in Journal Student Living, an extension of a joint venture formed with integrated property business Citiplan in late 2021. The collaboration saw the two parties acquire a PBSA development site on Grattan Street opposite ...

Institutional investors embracing crypto: GDF

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... cryptocurrencies and tokens," Soucie said. "The SEC's decision to approve the listing and trading of spot Bitcoin ETPs has had a major influence but even before then, momentum has been building and the current strong performance of the digital assets ...

'Unrealistic overconfidence' major issue for new advice clients

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
A new report has identified how financial advice firms can bridge the value gap for prospective clients to get them on their books. Netwealth's 2024 Advisable Australian research, conducted in partnership with The Lab Strategy, found the barriers to ...

BNP Paribas in talks to buy AXA Investment Managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... partnership entered into with AXA, the cornerstone of this project, confirms the ability of both our groups to join forces. This major project, which would drive our growth over the long-term, would represent a powerful engine of growth for our group ...

Most Australians proactively retire: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
Two-thirds of Australians with guaranteed income streams are proactively retiring with fewer worries and are doing so to enjoy their twilight years, contrary to popular belief, a new study reveals. Research from Macquarie University's School of ...

Barings, Rest break ground on $400m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... acquisition in this sought-after location which reflects the venture's commitment to growth opportunities in Sydney and other major industrial markets across Australia," King said. Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle said the investment will give Rest members ...

New shadow assistant treasurer's vision for advice, super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... plans for the financial services industry should it form government at the next election, Howarth said, in one of his first major public addresses since being reshuffled by opposition leader Peter Dutton in March, his goal is to implement the necessary ...

US election outcome tops investor concerns: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
A new Natixis Investment Managers survey finds that the US election is the most significant risk to the market and could ultimately vary Australian superannuation funds' investment strategy. The 2024 Strategist Outlook, commissioned by Natixis ...

The four Ds to watch in the decades to come: La Trobe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... and markets, referring to them as 'the four Ds'. Up first is digitalisation, which Watson said will continue as a major theme for the next decade to the tune of about US$500 billion. This includes efforts to enhance data storage, data processing ...