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Annuities too expensive for most retirees: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... Asset Test. This rises to just 6% when you include those paid outside of superannuation. However, Rainmaker said there is a market for annuities among conservative investors "as the life insurer guarantees the income stream, they usually embed conservative ...

HNWI collecting activity stoops: Knight Frank

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... while the value of the HAGI Top Index was up 22% in 2022, a retreat of 6% in 2023 wasn't all that bad. "It's a very small market, so it only takes a minor change in portfolio allocations to have an effect, and there has also probably been a degree of ...

Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... retirement phase, you're going to pay the same," Shrimski said. And despite already being the cheapest MySuper player in the market, just as former superannuation lead Michael Lovett said at the outset, Shrimski also reinforced Vanguard's intentions ...

Super assets reach $3.7tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
Australians' nest egg jumped 10% to $3.7 trillion in the year to 2023 thanks to strong contributions and share market performance. The latest statistics from the prudential regulator show that APRA-regulated assets dominate the pool, growing 12% to ...

Copia seals distribution partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... Global Infrastructure Equity Fund available to retail investors after it was launched to the institutional and wholesale market in 2022. The actively managed fund invests in 30 to 45 global infrastructure companies, specifically those operating in utilities ...

Fidelity launches global bond fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... investment-grade global sovereign and corporate bonds but also provides exposure to global high-yield bonds and emerging market bonds. It tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index AUD Hedged. It is jointly managed by Rick Patel, Ario Emami Nejad ...

VanEck failed to disclose influencer's role in ETF launch: SEC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... February 2021 launch of the VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (NYSE: BUZZ). The ETF tracks the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index, which comprises the 75 large cap US stocks with "the highest degree of positive investor sentiment bullish perception ...

Superannuation fund returns underperformed SMSFs: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... whereas less than 5% of APRA-regulated funds did so. The SMSF Association said this demonstrates the resilience of SMSFs in market downturns. ICFS research project head George Mihaylov said outperformance by SMSFs partly stemmed from a strategic allocation ...

Indexed strategies to hit $1tn in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... held in equities, growing 30% in the last five years. "Indexing routinely grows one-third faster than the broad investment market," Rainmaker Information executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "Within some asset classes, this ...

Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... retirement partner of choice." "With an improved service, the speed with which Challenger can bring its innovative offering to market will be significantly improved. By leveraging automation, the program will also generate productivity gains and operating ...