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Life insurers struggle with code compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... appears to be under-reporting by others. We found that some insurers were reporting breaches and complaints in numbers far below what would be expected," McClelland said. "Rather than indicating perfect compliance, it suggests deficiencies in processes ...

Forager schedules LIT delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... Shares Fund (FOR) is set to delist from the ASX after facing continuous limited liquidity issues and persistently trading below its net asset value. The listed investment trust (LIT) is set to delist on June 14, with trades suspending on June 10. Responsible ...

Threats outside the Australian financial system build: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... estate prices tend to adjust to poor conditions; price discovery has been hampered by transaction volumes that remain well below historical averages due to the gap between sellers' and buyers' price expectations and the absence of forced selling pressure," ...

Institutional investors shift gears amid 'new market regime'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... debt is attracting interest from investors. Corporates were the top choice for investors allocating to investment-grade and below investment-grade fixed income markets as well as private fixed income markets," Perry said. "Investors are seeing greater ...

Low-margin clients hurt practice valuations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... $3000 per annum. Clients that pay less than this amount tend to detract from the firm's value, seeing their multiples dip below 2x revenue. Those in the market looking to acquire an advice practice are typically put off by this client base generating ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... Japan, with the entire Korean market valued at ~1.0 price-to-book and some ~69% of all companies currently listed trading below book value (versus ~47% in Japan)," Main and Ho said. In China, the first signs of reform started in January 2023, when the ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... sustainable investments sacrifice performance, which at one point in time might have been a justified stance. As illustrated below, sustainable investment trailed behind non-sustainable the aughts and early teens, but the last five or six years have ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... environment in 2023 and 2018, when the level of dispersion among stocks were low - 19% in 2018 and 20% in 2023 - which is below the average of 22% for the long-term period between 2007 and 2023. In the mid-to-small-cap space, 64% of actively managed ...

Morrison divestment lifts Sequoia profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... increased, coming in 43.7% - or almost $20 million - higher at $62.8 million. Normalised EBITDA was $3.6 million, slightly below the $4 million budget provisioned. This excludes the impact of items such as redundancies and acquisitions. Providing an ...

Proposed super tax requires perspective: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... gains built up is when selling the asset. Half of the 5000 SMSFs attached to 8000 members in Heffron's client base are below 65 years old and have not reached the $3 million mark and some many never do so. Younger members from 40- to 60-years-old ...
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