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Harvard endowment delivers 9.6% return, hits $53.2bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
Harvard University's endowment has delivered a 9.6% return for the fiscal year ending September 30, bringing its total value to $53.2 billion. The endowment, which targets an 8% annual return, has achieved an annual return of 9.3% over the seven years ...

Labor delivers another budget surplus, but productivity stalls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... "These surpluses are helping to pay down debt and they are helping in the fight against inflation. They are building our fiscal buffers at a time of global volatility and uncertainty." Meantime, the Productivity Commission (PC) delivered a warning over ...

Economists hit back at RBA guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... likely to come down and added that more should be done by the government to ease inflation, rather than the RBA. "Tighter fiscal policy in the form of tax hikes and spending cuts or maybe a 1% super levy on everyone would better spread the burden," Oliver ...

Insignia Financial books $185m loss, halts dividends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... prioritise strengthening our balance sheet," chief executive Scott Hartley said. "As an organisation, we have delivered on our fiscal 2024 priorities, which have further simplified our business and reduced costs. We remain on-track and committed to delivering ...

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

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... make investing into traditional growth stocks problematic... Secondly, we have the key drivers of the next generation, the fiscal responses and regulatory responses which will support resilient, inflation-responsive businesses and lower volatility companies ...

Super for housing will cause rents to soar: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... (CEDA), Schubert said the purpose of super was to deliver dignity in retirement, lifting incomes for retirees, reducing fiscal pressure on the pension, and powering Australian businesses. But the success of super is built on the policy foundations of ...

Positives remain at Perpetual, says Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... redemptions, noting how different Perpetual's performance was to its rivals. "Perpetual's worsening net outflows over fiscal 2024 contrast with other active managers and wealth platforms, which reported improved flows toward the end of the fiscal ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... refers to the market behaviours and trends that emerged during Trump's presidency, driven by his administration's looser fiscal policies, deregulation, higher tariffs, and infrastructure spending. "The impact of these policies on the markets included ...

Canned 'golden visas' ruffle fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... the Productivity Commission, and Grattan Institute that support the government's decision and point to the negative fiscal impacts of BIIP, SGH director and portfolio manager Adrian Di Mattina said the funds management industry believes the SIV program ...

World's largest pension fund returns 22.67%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
Japan's $2.27 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) reported a 22.67% return for the fiscal year ending 2023. This performance was driven primarily by domestic equities, which yielded 41.41% return, and foreign equities, which returned ...