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Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... the economy still operating near its capacity despite softening demand," Feng said. However, Feng added that market sectors may face ongoing challenges in 2025 due to low business investment. "On the other hand, the non-market sector - comprising health ...

Managed funds industry winners and losers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... fund caused a blip. Dyall said this could be explained by a few factors: the money invested in that global small-cap fund may have been converted into a mandate, meaning it was moved out of the unit trust structure but remained within the global small-cap ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... Global X ETFs product and investment strategist Marc Jocum said the potential "higher-for-longer" stance on interest rates may appeal to income-focused investors seeking to benefit from a higher interest rate differential. "The 'income' is back ...

Chalmers boasts inflation data, experts divided

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... suggests that the jobs market is no longer loosening, but is instead tightening. "That means that although core inflation may be heading to the RBA's target a little faster than expected, it is still above target and if the jobs market is tightening ...

Morgans Financial crowned largest licensee

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... AMP FP has long led the pack in terms of employing the largest number of representatives. It had as many as 1800 advisers in May 2015, for example, while Charter Financial Planning had 800. AMP FP, Hillross, and Charter Financial Planning now operate ...

Traders left scrambling over ASX settlement outage

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... source." Further, the ASX said it implemented a plan to manage for the additional volume of settlement and recognised that this may take longer than the usual end-of-day-processing time. As a regulator, ASIC advised that it will review a detailed incident ...

HPI rethinks Hostplus, Charter Hall takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... capital management policies. "There is a risk that the current decision making, operations and/or strategic direction of HPI may change in a way that could be detrimental to the minority investors in HPI," the board of HPI said. "The bidders have said ...

Court sentences Ponzi scheme promoter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... years," Justice Sweeney said. Former Courtenay House contractor Athan Papoulias was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in May 2023, ordered to be served via an intensive corrections order. Part of his sentence involved completing 120 hours of community ...

Superhero Super assets to swell via fund transfer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... while Slate Super came about in July 2020. According to APRA figures, at June end Superhero Super - which was launched in May 2021 - was home to $584 million in retirement savings on behalf of 12,860 members. This will be bolstered when it takes on Slate ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... efforts in the state and recruiting more than 100 advisers over a five-year tenure. Another corporate fund bites the dust (May 20) The Nissan Superannuation Plan was wound up on July 31, almost 50 years on from its creation. The Nissan Superannuation ...