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Vanguard Super's default option delivers 13.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... solutions, affording members a diversification of assets to help reduce risk and weather market volatility. These options focus on long-term performance to capture the returns generated by investment markets and offer comparatively low fees and costs. ...

Clime chief executive resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... sale of Madison and the managed accounts platform WealthPortal to Infocus for $2 million. It flagged intentions to just focus on private wealth. In late 2021, Clime entered an agreement to combine its separately managed accounts businesses with Ralton ...

QIC backs new venture capital initiative

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
The Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has backed a new initiative to address underrepresentation of female investors in venture capital. The initiative, 77 Venture Fellows, is a venture capital deep emersion program for 10 female candidates, with ...

Highest paid ASX 200 chief executives revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has disclosed the highest paid ASX 200 chief executives based on realised pay, which includes the value of cash and equity received. ResMed chief executive Mick Farrell topped the list with a ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has indicated that a cooling labour market has alleviated inflation pressures, signalling to investors that interest rate cuts could be on the horizon. June's US consumer price index (CPI) data revealed a rise of 3% from ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... report said. "While zero-sum games inherently create losers, there are winners, too." The report recommended that managers focus on where the prospects for revenue growth are greatest and identify opportunities to improve scale where growth prospects ...

Global X set to launch an Australian Bank Credit ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Global X will launch an Australian Bank Credit ETF (ASX: BANK) later this month, affording investors exposure to credit in the local banking sector. The ETF will track the performance of the Solactive Australian Bank Credit Index and will be Australia's ...

SSGA launches new gold fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has announced the launch of the State Street Gold Fund, a new unlisted managed fund in Australia. The State Street Gold Fund seeks to track the performance of the spot gold price (LBMA Gold Price PM in Australian ...

Robeco launches two new strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Robeco is strengthening its position in transition investing with the launch of two new equity strategies for institutional investors, and the repositioning of two fixed income strategies. Robeco said the strategies allow investors to tap into the growth ...

Adviser queries jump 40%: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... streams, navigating limited recourse borrowing arrangements as well as aged care. "The last six months have seen a significant focus on super contributions as more and more Australians look to make the most of unused catch-up concessional contribution ...