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HESTA members to keep paying fees as disruption continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... financial advisers have been left frustrated. "I have seen large back office overhauls many times in my career, it's never involved freezing anyone's money for any period of time," Lythgo Crew Wealth Management senior financial adviser Dane Windshuttle ...

BlackRock takes stake in Generation Life parent company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
BlackRock will acquire a minority stake in Generation Development Group (ASX: GDG), forming a strategic partnership with its retirement income subsidiary Generation Life to "set a new standard for managing longevity and sequencing risk." Joint working ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Mercer's annual periodic table, which charts 17 major asset classes investment returns on an annual basis over the last decade, reveals that there's few reliable themes, except that greater risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
The US Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold when it met overnight as it takes a "patient" stance while it awaits the inflationary impacts of US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The Fed noted that "uncertainty about the economic outlook has increased" ...

Life insurance premiums edge lower

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
Annual premiums from active life insurance policies fell 1.7% to $16.2 billion in the year to December 2024 - a $300 million decline from the previous year - according to DEXX&R. The market research firm's latest Life Analysis report showed total new ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... to look for work or increase their hours. ACTU president Michele O'Neil slammed the proposals saying the Coalition has "never tried to understand working women or cared about what support families need to be able to run their lives, and to hold down ...

Global X China Tech ETF in the works

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Global X is preparing to launch a China technology ETF, citing the country's shift from policy planning to delivery, stabilising fundamentals and depressed valuations, while also emphasising the critical nature of selective exposure. Ahead of the launch ...

VanEck to intro RMBS, India ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... during economic downturns. Historically, investors in highly rated Australian residential mortgage-backed securities have never experienced principal losses," he said. "In the current market environment, with the market anticipating rate cuts by the ...

New SEC chair affirmed, FCA chief reappointed

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... "With the ongoing market volatility and economic uncertainty, the need for professional, objective financial advice has never been greater," he continued. "The rules of the regulatory road must be clearly defined so financial advisers and firms can confidently ...

Trump backflips on tariffs but risks remain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... Composite was almost 8% higher. "The markets have been crying out for common sense. The economic vandalism of tariffs was never sustainable. A backpedal wasn't just likely - it was always inevitable," Green said. "You can't fight the basic needs ...