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Family offices feeling optimistic about 2024

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
Hopes are high for global family offices as Citibank's latest report records overall optimism for the next 12 months, notwithstanding concerns about inflation and geopolitical strife. According to Citibank's Global Family Office Survey Insights 2023 ...

Australia sees modest uptick in HNWIs: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... their portfolio over the last 12 months were vastly more likely than the control group to have considered the prevailing interest rate on cash when making their investment decisions. On the whole, Australian HNWIs held nearly $3 trillion in investable ...

The Wealth Designers in expansion mode

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
The Wealth Designers is expanding its footprint nationwide and internationally as it partners with a veteran financial adviser to mark its presence in Europe and the UK. The Perth-headquartered advice firm plans to aggressively expand in the near term ...

Advisers seek safe haven in fixed interest: AMP

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
Financial advisers have more than doubled their allocation to cash and fixed interest products to hit $1.93 billion, according to AMP's North platform, which mandated NAB as its new term deposit provider in response to soaring demand. Across aligned ...

ECB raises rates to record high of 4%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
Overnight, the European Central Bank (ECB) raised interest rates by a further 25 basis points to a historical peak of 4%, saying inflation is simply still too high. The governing council remains determined in its efforts to drag inflation back down ...

Perpetual shutters innovation fund, Pendal funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
Despite returning over 40% last financial year, Perpetual is terminating a six-year-old global equities fund. It will also shutter several Pendal funds in November. The Perpetual Global Innovation Share Fund was launched in June 2017 and invested in ...

SG Hiscock starts distributing small cap fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... addition of a global small companies' manager with such a distinct investment philosophy is already generating strong interest from local advisers. "EAM is entering the market at a time when advisers are looking for innovative investment products ...

Australians retiring later than global peers: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... think they will have to continue working. "In the post-Covid economic environment, we've seen high inflation and rising interest rates place increasing financial pressure on Australian households," Watson said. "So, it's no surprise that some investors ...

Young Aussies flock to SMSFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
Generation X and Millennials are leading the charge in establishing self-managed super funds (SMSFs), according to new analysis from Class. The 2023 Annual Benchmark Report reveals that Generation X aged 42 to 56 (52.7%) and Millennials aged 27 to 41 ...

Ring-fencing super for aged care adds complexity, cost: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
In a submission to the Aged Care Taskforce, which is currently evaluating the fairness and sustainability of aged care funding in Australia, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has voiced strong opposition to ring-fencing superannuation ...