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Australian Ethical hits $9.2bn, focus turns to back-office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... invest judiciously to capture future growth opportunities, whilst also delivering further operating leverage as we target a lower cost to income ratio, and look ahead to solid profit growth in FY24," he said. "A key focus during FY24 and FY25 will be ...

Insignia consolidates further, creates Client Wellbeing arm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... in the program. Meantime, its underlying NPAT was down 15% on last year, coming in at $191 million. This was impacted by lower average funds under management and advice (FUMA) and some strategic repricing, it noted. The lower FUMA also impacted net revenues ...

Women less confident to retire: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... to retire well." On average, Australian women earn 13% less than their male counterparts, often work in industries with lower wages, take time off to manage home-related issues, care for children, and live longer, Nutter said. "All this means that women ...

Platinum AM chief executive steps down

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... year. It said the main cause of the decrease in profit was a $44.6 million decrease in management fees due primarily to lower average funds under management. Staff costs were $16.6 million higher compared to the prior period, primarily due to higher ...

JPMAM launches two active ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
... Australia. JPMorgan Income Active ETF (JPIE) is an active fixed income strategy aiming to generate consistent income with lower volatility and is now available to investors. It is the first fixed income actively managed product in JPMAM's stable. "This ...

Unemployment rate rises as gender wage gap narrows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... notable decrease from the 13.9% observed just before the pandemic hit in November 2019. This figure is also substantially lower than the 17.4% recorded a decade ago in May 2013. ASPL Group chief executive Kris Grant said: "Women, who comprise almost ...

Danish pension fund hands $500m to QIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... for people working in eldercare, cleaning, technical service, and pedagogical care in Denmark. The mandate will focus on lower middle market buyouts alongside established and emerging sponsors, as well as targeting control investments in high-growth ...

Multiple moves in Aware investments team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... global institutional investor and super fund, we are well positioned to continue to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns and lower fees for our more than 1.1 million members." In the most recent performance reporting period, Aware Super delivered a 10.7 ...

US inflation rises 3.2%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... strongly committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2% goal," he said. Australia's CPI softened to 6% in June. This was lower than the 7% annual rise in March but marked the second consecutive quarter of lower inflation.

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... was the best-performing asset class last year with a 0.1% yield, managed a return of 2.9% this year, placing it among the lower-performing assets. "Although volatility smooths out in the long run, markets are unpredictable in the short run. The best ...