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Actuaries Institute proposes new performance test measure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... risk-adjusted performance measure for super fund products. "This two-metric test would ensure trustees can continue to have confidence around decisions they've already made to ensure they pass the test, while also encouraging them to pursue investments ...

S&P/ASX200 tipped to hit 8300: VanEck

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... anticipates, which reaffirms our higher-for-longer bias," VanEck's Australian equities outlook report shows. Market confidence comes off the back of a soft landing that is likely to eventuate, VanEck said, noting that large caps, namely the major ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of JB Markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... resourcing. ASIC said it determined cancelling JB Markets' AFSL would protect the interests of potential consumers, promote confidence in the financial services industry, and encourage professionalism by those who provide financial services. The cancellation ...

Adam Blumenthal ordered to pay $850k

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... including to avoid conflicts of interest, and that serious consequences are imposed for contraventions to help maintain confidence in the financial system," Longo said. The court also ordered Blumenthal to pay $100,000 towards ASIC's costs of the pro ...

Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... could be an even longer wait here in Australia. Powell said recent US inflation data had not given policymakers enough confidence to ease interest rates soon, noting that the Fed may need to keep rates higher-for-longer than previously thought. This ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... to ensure anti-competitive mergers do not proceed. These proposed changes are significant and will reinforce public confidence in Australia's competition laws," Cass-Gottlieb said. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) praised the proposed reforms ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... optimistic about Australia, according to Kearney's Global Business Policy Council's 2024 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDICI). The survey, which reflects investor sentiment regarding foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in the next three ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... growth." Exacerbating the constraints on housing supply, bankruptcies in the construction industry have eroded consumer confidence, swaying many towards buying existing homes over building new ones, resulting in fewer building approvals and a depressed ...

Powell confirms rate cuts likely 'at some point' this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... Commonwealth Bank associate economist Harry Ottley said. "Fed chair Jerome Powell said policy makers need to 'have greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably down' toward the 2% target." Powell's comments came after data showed US services ...

A quarter of advised Australians nervous about retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... expecting a happy, healthy retirement. "A better retirement is about so much more than finances but having a degree of confidence that your savings will last plays an important role," Mannix said. "Almost half of respondents identify financial security ...
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