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Private equity, venture capital outperform listed assets: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... in Australia have yielded an 18% return on investment compared to 9% for the ASX 100 and 8% for the ASX Small Ordinaries Index in the last decade. According to the Australian Investment Council's latest Private capital benchmarking research report ...

Quality is worth paying for in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
... cyclical stocks in Europe, and in select stocks in Asia. "Quality stocks typically have higher valuations than the overall index, but we think quality is worth paying for in 2024," the team said.

Macquarie brings long-awaited ETFs to market

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... portfolio managers Shaughn Wilkie and Andrew Vonthethoff. Meanwhile, MQIO aims to outperform the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index benchmark over the medium term. It is managed by MAM chief investment officer and head of fixed income Brett Lewthwaite ...

Super funds missing out on rich returns from Aussie agriculture

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... investments less appealing for local funds, despite its potentially lucrative net returns. Notably, the Australian Farmland Index illustrates that returns from institutional-grade farmland have exceeded 10% over all one-year periods since 2015, except ...

Wages growth reaches unsustainable level: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
The quarterly Wage Price Index (WPI) jumped by 1.3% to 4% in September, beating inflation, but AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina says it's not economically sustainable. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), September's ...

ASIC to crack down on superannuation misconduct

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... investment manager issued "false and misleading statements", misrepresenting its Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund by claiming it screened all securities against specific ESG criteria. Separately, ASIC initiated civil penalty proceedings ...

A-REIT strategies outperform G-REITs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... "Particularly given that they are paying active management fees and expect some level of outperformance over a reference index or passive strategy that aims to track a benchmark in the long term." On the upside however, the report found 12 out of 27 ...

J.P. Morgan readies evergreen solution for wholesale market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... (JPHQ). More recently, the firm launched the JPMorgan Income Active ETF (JPIE) and JPMorgan Emerging Markets Research Enhanced Index Equity Active ETF (JREM). Despite the relative novelty of its ETFs, Creber reports a strong client interest in these ...

Inflation still too sticky: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... economic outlook. The report, written by UBS economists George Tharenou and Nic Guesnon, noted while the consumer price index (CPI) is well above the RBA's target, underlying inflation pressure remains evident. "Headline CPI in the third quarter of the ...

Betashares to bring Cash Flow Kings ETF to market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
... demonstrate strong and consistent free cash flow generation. Some of the companies include Microsoft, Visa and Adobe. The index it will track has outperformed the MSCI World ex-Australia Index by 2.31% per annum since May 2006, the fund manager said. ...