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ANZ, Westpac 'the cheapest majors': Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
ANZ Group and Westpac have been identified as the cheapest major banks in an "overvalued sector," while Commonwealth Bank was deemed expensive by new Morningstar research. Morningstar senior equity analyst Nathan Zaia said that the valuation divergence ...

Aware Super delivers 11.02% to default members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
Aware Super's default High Growth investment option returned 11.02% for FY24, home to about 70% of its membership. The High Growth accumulation option - a lifecycle product - is Aware's default offering and has more than 750,000 of its 1.1 million members ...

New boutique launches private debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
Nero Private - a newly established boutique non-bank credit firm - has launched its first private debt fund, aimed at supporting Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) while offering investors stable returns. Nero Private invests in credit-vetted ...

Vision Super in hot water over coal investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
Vision Super has found itself in hot water after analysis revealed it has purchased $2.2 million worth of Whitehaven Coal stocks after walking back its fossil fuel exclusion policy last year. The super fund changed its environmental, social and governance ...

Where does the world's largest active manager say to invest?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Capital Group - which has US$2.7 trillion in equity assets under management - has identified three megatrends poised to upend industries and kick down the doors to fresh investment opportunities. The Californian headquartered investment manager, that's ...

RBA issues warning over inflationary spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate on hold at 4.35% in June but would not rule out another hike in the future. The RBA board noted that inflation had fallen substantially since its peak in 2022 but said recent federal and ...

Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) has revived its predecessor's calls to extend anti-hawking legislation, slamming a sub-set of financial advisers using social media posts and cold calling to drum up business. Prior to its merger, the Australian Institute ...

Recession signs: Economic growth has 'ground to a halt'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
While the 0.1% increase in quarterly GDP was in line with experts' expectations, it still paints a dire picture for Australia's economic path. Annual GDP growth has fallen to just 1.1%, the slowest rate of annual growth in GDP in more than three ...

Retail funds drive down admin fees: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
Expensive retail superannuation funds have finally become competitive with industry funds after bringing down their administration fees, a new analysis by KPMG shows. KPMG found that admin fees for MySuper products have come down from 0.33% to 0.26% ...

Major themes to watch in the ETF space

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
ETFs are set to see a surge in interest around gold, artificial intelligence (AI) and infrastructure listings, according to experts speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Future Investing Forum this morning. Global X chief executive Evan Metcalf ...