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Key advice reforms still coming, Jones promises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... there's a role for recognised prior learning here, a need to look at "what people are doing in their professional year versus their undergraduate stuff", and a "need to recognise there's different callings within the broader industry as well." ...

Small, large entity regulation needs balance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... and NIM will continue to be under pressure in FY24," AMP said. APRA faces a quandary in how it balances regulating small versus large financial institutions, keeping in mind if the former can thrive in the long term with the current pressures. It is ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... or equivalents. Notably, they are less inclined than the global average to invest in gold, silver, precious metals (43% versus 39%), and cryptocurrency (40% versus 33%). The report highlighted that Australian investors believe they can easily access ...

Betashares to bring Cash Flow Kings ETF to market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
... "We believe that investing with a focus on cash flow is an intelligent approach offering the potential for outperformance versus traditional broad global equity benchmarks over time." He added that, because it will have similar sector and country weights ...

Active funds outperform passive strategies - sometimes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... various time periods and market conditions. As such, a long-term perspective is essential when weighing the merits of active versus passive investing.

Global economy 'remarkably resilient', faces growth challenges: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... policy space and macroeconomic fundamentals, in the extent of dependency on fuel and food imports, in the share of goods versus services in the economy, the role of trade, reform momentum, and the pace of the fight against inflation-all those affect ...

Financial advice firms profits jumps: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... is no longer loss leading "and those advisers who see growing profit margins have the largest client books, 143 clients versus 120 industry average." Financial advisers who reported higher levels of profit mostly attributed the success to efficient systems ...

Private credit to play critical role in the economy: MA Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... Houston has already witnessed internationally. "The Australian market actually has a very small proportion of non-banks versus majors. In other jurisdictions like the US, there are a considerable number of non-banks and specialty finance providers who ...

Online investor numbers dip as cost-of-living bites

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... May 2023, up from 8% in November 2022 and 6% in May 2022). It also found market return expectations hold steady at +1.2% versus +1.3% in November 2022. The challenging environment is fertile ground for new opportunities where the onus is on providers ...

Commercial property deals stuck at 2011 levels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... Latest data from MSCI shows transaction volumes in Q2 were down 61% year on year, coming in at $7 billion. This was down 49% versus the five-year average. Deal count was also down by about half compared to the five-year average, it said. Sales were down ...