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16 January 2025 • By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic • 1 min read

Resilient labour market data throws wrench in economists’ forecasts

New data from the ABS has painted a picture of an impressively resilient labour market, according to economists, with many doubting that a rate cut is ...

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Popularity of passive investing could lead to ‘painful’ market correction

A dramatic rise in passive investing has fundamentally altered common market dynamics, fuelling a potentially dangerous cycle of market instability, ...

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Market volatility and shift away from tech put healthcare in spotlight

Healthcare stocks’ defensive characteristics are positioning the sector to benefit from an anticipated rotation away from the expensive tech stocks, ...

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Private credit to gain momentum as Australia lags global rate-cutting cycle: IFM

Australia’s improving economic outlook will see “a rising tide lifting all boats”, debt investment professionals have said. Entering 2025, the ...

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Investors exit risk-seeking territory but hold strong to equity allocations

Institutional investors have broken their four-month stint of risk-seeking activity. The State Street Risk Appetite Index fell to -0.09 in ...

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ETF market surges amid concentrated flows and new launches

The local ETF industry witnessed a record number of product launches last year, new data has revealed. The Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF) ...

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$8bn on the table in wealth giant’s latest strategic data centre deal

Macquarie Asset Management is investing up to US$5 billion ($8.09 billion) in Applied Digital’s high-performance computing data centre pipeline. In ...

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Falling Australian dollar unlikely to deter RBA’s February rate cut, economist

The falling Australian dollar is not expected to stop the Reserve Bank from cutting rates in February, according to an economist. AMP’s Shane ...

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IFM-backed NZAM pauses activities amid Trump’s re-election and BlackRock exit

The Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative, backed by some of Australia’s most prominent fund managers, has announced significant changes in light ...

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Bitcoin’s growth in 2024 second only to Nvidia

Bitcoin finished 2024 as the seventh largest global asset by market capitalisation, according to new research. Bitcoin was one of the ...

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