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Retail the next frontier for private markets: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... associated with investing in private markets may be less well understood by retail investors." Meanwhile, specific to Australia, Preqin insights state that from a fundraising perspective the domestic market has always been known as a tough nut to crack. ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... volatility that you'll encounter," he warns. "In some areas, the bigger you get, the less opportunity there is in Australia. So, you then have to be more agile, which is why we see the large funds opening up offices in London, New York, and Hong ...

BUSSQ sees strength in niche super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... costs are largely driven by a massive amount of regulation. We continue to regulate for the lowest common denominator in Australia rather than police the lowest common denominator out of the industry. "So that cost is possibly not going away. But with ...

Federal Reserve bumps interest rate by 0.75%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... on top of September's 75bp hike, with the target range peaking at 4.50-4.75% in Q1 23." Providing an outlook for Australia, McCormack added that VanEck anticipates the Reserve Bank of Australia will raise rates by 0.25% at each of its next three ...

Research explores advice industry's maturation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... and low education barries to entry. Nevertheless, Neilson's paper argues that financial advice, as it's practiced in Australia today, has made considerable professional progress. Further, he posits that unified progress towards professional recognition ...

ETFs, smart beta grow in popularity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Financial advisers continue to be engaged with ETF strategies, with 88% using them to boost client portfolios in Australia this year. The annual VanEck Australian Smart Beta Survey collected data from 650 Australian financial advisers and brokers; the ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
The board of UniSuper has imposed a cap on fossil fuel exposure of 7% and has divested from companies that generate more than 10% of revenue from the extraction and production of thermal coal. UniSuper has issued its fifth annual climate risk report ...

Rising number of active funds underperforming: SPIVA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... every reported category over longer-term horizons, according to the biannual S&P Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Australia Scorecard. However, although long-term performance statistics are poor, the SPIVA Australia scorecard said the first half of ...

ASIC concerns see 18 funds update advertising materials

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... advertisements without sufficiently prominent warnings. It has also committed to no longer using the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate as a benchmark after ASIC said it appeared inconsistent with the fund's assets and strategy. The other REs, trustees ...

Defensive equities strategies protect against downturn: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... also point to the strength of the healthcare sector across all categories of defensive equity, a trend we are seeing in Australia with a surge of interest in the industry broadly." The report said that prior to the onset of COVID-19, managers across ...