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Gender pay gap trends down: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... assessed 4.82 million employees, the remuneration gender gap trended down 1.1% year on year, the largest drop since it collated data in 2014. On pay checks, it means that for every $1 men earn in Australia, women earn 78 cents on average. What is encouraging ...

Super funds increasing offshore investment, currency hedging lessens: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... previous year. The report, which surveyed 41 funds comprising 85% of the sector's assets under management (AUM) as per APRA data, noted that large funds spearheaded the trend towards international assets. NAB executive, markets corporate and institutional ...

Betashares launches cash plus managed fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... to benefit from rising interest rates and preserve capital amid volatility in other asset classes. It further pointed to data from ICI and Bloomberg which indicated that US money market assets have increased from approximately US$4.7 trillion to US$5.7 ...

Inflation problem is homegrown: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... tightening bias". The RBA seems to be seeking "maximum optionality going forward by making that tightening bias conditional on key data and future risk assessments," he said. Miller added that the minutes affirmed a tightening bias by stating that forecasts ...

Frontier restructures, promotes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... Frontier's business for almost three decades. Also, the asset consultant will be introducing an entry-level pool of investment and data analysts to support all teams by taking on some of their less-intensive work. This should help attract new talent ...

Private market deal activity set to persist amid high-rates: Aviva

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Aviva Investors' data showed that in economic downturns illiquidity premia in private debt markets are often compressed, repricing more slowly than public market equivalents; a trend consistent through the most recent spate of interest-rate hikes. The ...

Colonial First State enhances FirstChoice with Elemnta

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... set-up time for new and existing accounts by up to 80%. CFS has worked with Elemnta to allow advisers to use existing client data via an integration with Xplan, reducing the risk of implementation errors and the need for re-keying data. The new functionality ...

Allianz Retire+ heavyweight jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... will always be financial advice from an independent financial adviser. To him, better and more seamless access to personal data is still one of the key hurdles. Thornton wants a world where advisers and super funds could access MyGov data with appropriate ...

Advisers turning to cash, fixed income: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
Financial advisers are increasingly leaning towards cash and fixed income, making up 15% of new client inflows this year, according to Investment Trends. The 2023 Adviser Product and Marketing Needs report revealed that one in four advisers recognise ...

Wages growth reaches unsustainable level: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... eventually improve as you see inflation come down. And that's why real wages growth becomes positive on the quarterly data," she explained. She noted the positive aspect of wage growth responding to the tight labour market. However, it should continue ...