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Two new ETFs for Franklin Templeton

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
Franklin Templeton has launched actively managed global equity and fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the ASX today. The Franklin Global Growth Fund (FRGG) invests in companies operating in developed and emerging markets from around the world ...

Bitcoin investing is on the rise, but more regulation is needed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
In April the Bitcoin halving event will occur. This is when the amount of Bitcoin someone can mine from a Bitcoin block is halved, making the cryptocurrency more valuable. In anticipation of this event Australian investors have been stocking up on Bitcoin. ...

GQG builds private markets unit on PAC stakes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
GQG Partners is launching a private markets business by acquiring Pacific Current Group's stakes in three fund managers operating in the asset class for US$71.25 million ($108.7bn). The foundations of GQG Private Capital Solutions (PCS) will comprise ...

Government dawdling on paid parental leave super: Greens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... and reduce any risk of disincentives to employment. "This isn't a big ask; it's simply giving small businesses a bit of extra flexibility," Pocock said. "It won't delay the current reforms..." Waters dismissed the "scare campaigns" regarding the supposed ...

Advanced ETP portfolios come at higher cost, complexity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... portfolio should outperform the basic portfolio by 20 basis points per annum to make it worthwhile, and that's before the extra costs of monitoring and additional trading are taken into account.

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... budgeting tips and tools we offer to start engaging with super and where appropriate consider options like salary sacrificing extra contribution," she said. Another survey from Finder revealed that women tend to invest less than men and underperform. ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
After 26 years, Rainmaker Information's co-founder and Financial Standard 's resident superannuation guru is going back to school - kind of. Today marks Rainmaker executive director, research Alex Dunnin's final day with the business, retiring from ...

Long-term cost of super early release to be $85bn: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... implicitly via a reduction in government-provided services such as education or healthcare, the SMC said. "We estimate the extra tax burden to peak at around $150 per taxpayer per annum in the 2060s, with those in their late 40s and early 50s having ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... it's worth it. It's much more than simply picking ethical ETFs. We eliminate the bad (bye dirty fossil fuels) and go the extra mile to find investments that are not only ethical but have a positive climate impact that we can measure." According to the ...

TelstraSuper sweetens parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... for two years. The fund modelled the impact such a measure could have on a super balance at retirement and found that an extra two years of full-time contributions for a 32-year-old employee earning a full-time salary of $125,000 but working three days ...