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BGH raises Virtus offer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
BGH Capital has increased its offer to acquire all shares in Virtus Health. The private equity firm will offer shareholders $8.155 cash per share, up from its $8.15 offer made several weeks ago. The increased offer price will apply to all shareholders ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... today's decision, the RBA has relied on CPI figures for the March quarter. These are the same figures it relied on to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percent in May and will be the same figures it relies on at its July meeting." "Because Australia ...

Stuart Robert named shadow financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
Stuart Robert has been handed the financial services portfolio in Peter Dutton's shadow ministry, while Angus Taylor is shadow Treasurer and Jane Hume becomes finance minister. Robert has been appointed as the shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister ...

ANZ sued by ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
ANZ has acknowledged the civil penalty proceedings launched against it in Federal Court by ASIC for allegedly misleading and overcharging thousands of customers. The corporate watchdog today alleged that between May 2016 and November 2016 around 165,750 ...

Pallas Capital introduces feeder fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... caters to medium-sized CRE borrowers who are under-serviced by the major banks. The feeder fund is initially looking to raise $150 million and is currently offering a yield of 6.87% per annum or 6.5% plus BBSW. To date, PFT has deployed over $140 million ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
Australian global dividends have completed their pandemic recovery and have eclipsed the previous 12-month record set in September 2019 by $6.7 billion. The latest Janus Henderson global dividend index shows that Australian dividends totalled $97.9 ...

VanEck carbon credits ETF set to hit ASX

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... carbon credit prices are expected to increase significantly as the fight against climate change gains momentum. This will raise the value of carbon credits futures and this asset class will likely benefit significantly over the longer term, making it ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... prior; unemployment declined to extremely low levels and inflation had ballooned. Given that background, the board began to raise interest rates and begin the process of quantitative easing, Kent said. He added: "The decline in our bond holdings will ...

Bolster your retention efforts: Robert Half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... planning to increase salaries - some for all staff and some only for top performers. However, 14% said they are not planning to raise salaries at all. The average pay rise is expected to come in at 11.4%; estimated annual wage growth is 2.3%. About 75% ...

Pension fund sues Elon Musk, Twitter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
A Florida pension fund is suing Twitter and Elon Musk over the latter's planned takeover of the social media platform. The Orlando Police Pension Fund filed a class action in the Delaware chancery court on Friday, alleging that Delaware law forbade ...