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This Month
AMP shares mauled over dividend versus growth trade-off
The company’s final dividend has come in below forecasts as it warns that it has to better balance its growth ambitions with capital returns.
January
Big super to keep pushing companies on climate
New climate disclosure laws mean even retail super funds will engage with companies on climate this year. Poor workplace safety and governance is also a concern.
‘Don’t be a hero’: why investors should stick to buying winners
MST has urged clients to resist snapping up last year’s worst performing ASX stocks as value seekers sift through the rubble in the hope of finding a comeback kid.
Top super investors dash pre-election rate cut hopes
But they say investors should be optimistic about inflation easing despite later cuts and risks associated with Donald Trump taking the White House.
The most important lessons these CEOs learnt in 2024
Celebrating your wins, staying grounded and embracing generative AI were some of the key things these top business leaders took away from last year.
Where big super investors are hunting for returns in 2025
The investment bosses of the $4.1 trillion sector say US stocks will keep driving returns, but standout sharemarket performances will likely temper.
December 2024
Bitcoin has ‘no role’ in retirement portfolios: Vanguard
The asset manager has blasted bitcoin as having “no appropriate role” in long-term investment portfolios, but the peak superannuation body says more funds will inevitably follow AMP into cryptocurrency.
This big super fund just became the first to buy into crypto
AMP says the $27 million it is investing in bitcoin is part of its diversification strategy. Critics say the asset class has no place in retirement portfolios.
November 2024
Economists abandon hopes of RBA cutting rates in February
Economists at AMP, ANZ and Bank of Queensland have joined a chorus of forecasters expecting rate cuts no sooner than May.
Rise in underlying inflation to keep rates pressure on RBA
Trimmed mean inflation increased to 3.5 per cent in October from 3.2 per cent in September, even as headline inflation remained unchanged at 2.1 per cent.
Private equity closes in on a 50pc stake in $2b-plus Opal HealthCare
Pacific Equity Partners has gained exclusivity over the holding, which was put up for sale in July by its owners including Singapore’s GK Goh Holdings.
October 2024
AMP eyes February for long-planned expansion into business banking
The company, which already has a major mortgage loan book, will target start-ups and sole traders as it attempts to find higher margins.
China’s new stimulus underwhelms as ‘big fat’ numbers missing
Chances of China rolling out a massive stimulus package to boost its faltering economy are fading after Saturday’s announcement failed to reveal details.
September 2024
PEP bankers up for aged care giant Opal HealthCare; lobs bid
Pacific Equity Partners’ secure assets team has put in a non-binding indicative offer for the $200 million-a-year business.
August 2024
What I learnt from 30 CEOs in 30 days
The profit season has delivered a confusing picture of an economy stuck between cycles. Here are 30 nuggets to help investors navigate this tricky environment.
The super funds failing to perform
For the first time, all default MySuper options passed the APRA performance test, but big retail funds continue to underperform.
The directors under 50 making their mark on top ASX boards
BOSS talks to five directors under the age of 50 about their careers and the experience they bring to the boards on which they serve.
AMP cuts financial advice deal, stemming losses
The company will partially sell that business via transactions totalling $92.4 million, while the stock lifted 13 per cent after interim profit beat consensus.
July 2024
No rate cuts and maybe a rise as inflation sticks, super funds warn
The investment chiefs of the country’s biggest funds also have a bleak outlook for Aussie shares over the next year, after global equities drove double-digit returns in FY23.
Super fund savings will ride out ‘year of elections’: CIOs
But investment chiefs warn that the rise of populism or an increase in US-China tensions could flow through to short-term returns.