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SMSFs surpass $1tn milestone

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
The latest statistics from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) show the total assets held within self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) hit $1.02 trillion at September end. The total SMSF members grew to 1,173,867 in over 630,000 SMSFs, with over ...

Investors plan to continue private markets love affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... interest. Meantime, adoption of digital assets and cryptocurrencies remains low, with only 9% investing in them. In 2022 the figure was 8%, and 21% expected, at that time, to have exposure within five years.

Advice take up falls amid decade-low retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... decade. In 2023, 41% of pre-retirees reported feeling confident and, with the exception of 2022, over the past decade the figure consistently sat above 40%. At the same time, the number of pre-retirees saying they feel unprepared has increased 7% in ...

AllianceBernstein managing director departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... derivatives sales trader. "After almost 24 years at AB in Australia, it's time for a new chapter. I will take time to patiently figure out what next, play more golf, and explore all and any opportunities I can uncover, both within and outside of the ...

Inflation falls within RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... on numerous occasions that it will not be persuaded by temporary measures that artificially lower the headline inflation figure," McCormack said. "In this case, the government's energy rebates. The preferred inflation measure, the trimmed mean, remains ...

Major global trends impacting advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... investment solution to clients, with 21.3% of advisers planning to do so in the next 1-2 years (slightly up from the global figure - 18.7%). Schroders said it is now regarded as a core component of portfolio construction for wealth investors. Schroders ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... preliminary estimate because the US government has not been very transparent, so we had to dig around different sources to figure out this estimate," the report's co-author William Hartung told ABC Radio. The Hamas attack killed about 1139 people ...

Hopes of RBA cut 'in tatters' after jobs data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1% in September, in line with the revised figure for August, according to seasonally adjusted data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "With employment rising by around 64,000 people and the ...

Global X launches defence technology ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
Global X has launched a defence technology exchange-traded fund (ETF) which offers targeted exposure to sectors "driving the future of defence." The Global X Defence Tech ETF (ASX: DTEC) will afford investors access to global companies, such as those ...

'Challenging period' for active managers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... two-thirds of reported categories. Of the 8417 unique funds represented across all the half-year statistics, a similar figure (64%) of individual funds underperformed their assigned benchmark. "Accompanied by the outperformance of the very largest companies ...