ASX Announcements
Dividend Record Date, Dividend Pay Date, Dividend Rate
- Dec 16, 2024
- 5 pages
Change of Director's Interest Notice - George
Change of Director’s Interest Notice
- Dec 13, 2024
- 3 pages
Notification regarding unquoted securities - AMP
Appendix 3G (Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted Equity Securities)
- Dec 13, 2024
- 6 pages
Notification of cessation of securities - AMP
Appendix 3H (Notification of cessation of securities)
- Dec 13, 2024
- 4 pages
This Month
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.
- Lucy Dean
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.
- Michelle Bowes
November
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.
- Alex Gluyas and Joshua Peach
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.
- Updated
- Michael Read
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.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
October
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.
- James Eyers
- Analysis
- Inside China
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.
- Jessica Sier
September
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.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
August
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
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.
- Updated
- James Thomson
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.
- Michelle Bowes and Hannah Wootton
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.
- Sally Patten
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.
- Hannah Wootton
July
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.
- Hannah Wootton
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.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Don’t switch super funds until reckoning in unlisted assets is over
Industry fund executives regularly boasted about capitalising on the so-called “illiquidity premium”, but the world has changed.
- Joanna Mather
Retail super funds ride tech boom to outperform industry rivals
Two of Australia’s largest retail superannuation funds delivered 11-plus per cent returns as they benefited from soaring sharemarkets.
- Hannah Wootton
$200m-a-year Opal HealthCare courts buyers; Morgan Stanley hired
While it remains to be seen how much of the business will be on offer, a big enough cheque will no doubt get everyone on board.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
June
Companies undeterred by failure of the Voice referendum
Big companies such as Westpac say the failure of the Voice referendum will not dissuade them from campaigning on social issues.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
May
Boomer ‘wave’ of outflows starts to hit super
Australia’s biggest retail superannuation funds are paying out billions more dollars in cash than they are bringing in as baby boomers reach retirement age.
- Updated
- Hannah Wootton
April
AMP quietly begins restructure for $60m digital bank project
Up to 35 jobs will be lost as 83 employees see their teams or reporting lines change.
- Lucas Baird