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US interest rates may go higher than expected: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... fell sharply and experienced selloffs, it's since regained some ground. Last week, the Federal Reserve lifted its benchmark rate slightly by 0.25% but took the stance that the increases would continue. When questioned on how inflation could have ...

Women-led super funds outperform over medium, long run

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Women-led MySuper products have outperformed on average by a consistent 0.3% per annum over three, five and 10 years, new analysis shows. Rainmaker Information looked at the performance of 18 women-led MySuper products, being those with women in senior ...

LIC hunts for investment manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... companies. In HGV's annual report, chair Peter Wall said: "Whilst the board is pleased that HGV materially exceeded its benchmark, we appreciate that shareholders expected positive returns more aligned with the broader global equities market." Wall added ...

HUB24 tops platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
HUB24 has stolen the crown from Netwealth and reclaimed the top spot for overall platform functionality. Investment Trends released its 2022 Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report and said HUB24's overall score of 91.5% just edged ...

NGS Super taps Robeco for major equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... difficult within global equities to provide persistent alpha from active strategies," Squires explained. The mandate's benchmark is an adjusted MSCI World Index, structured to take into account NGS's exclusions of tobacco, controversial weapons ...

CBA Group Super pursues merger with ART

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... Financial Standard, APRA heatmaps said the bank's MySuper option had significantly poor performance in relation to the benchmark. The fund's total accounts growth rate (three-year average) was also negative (-2.28%). ART chair Andrew Fraser said ...

Value companies to outperform in 2023: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... outlook about the consumer discretionary sector, which had an underwhelming performance on the ASX in 2022, lagging the benchmark by 19%. "The challenging landscape is likely to extend into 2023 for discretionary stocks as household savings continue ...

Super disruptors throw in the towel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... expense ratio for disruptor superannuation products being 1.15% p.a. was 10% higher than the Rainmaker 2022 MySuper fee benchmark of 1.06% p.a. Their high fees were a symptom of their lack of scale." Those still left standing - Future Super, Virgin Money ...

Alphinity debuts two funds on the ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... fund manager said. Since launching in June 2021, XASG's underlying fund has returned 2.3% p.a., outperforming the benchmark by 1.1%. In addition to XASG, Alphinity has also listed the actively managed Alphinity Global Equity Fund (XALG). XALG is ...

Federal Reserve increases rates 25bp

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
The US Federal Reserve has increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, the smallest move since March last year. The quarter-point increase shifted rates to 4.75% from 4.5%. In making the announcement the Fed signaled more rate rises could ...