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Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025

... "the rewards have been far less generous," with almost no improvement in output per hour worked since 2016. She said high average hours worked could reflect stronger workforce participation or improved access for historically underrepresented groups. ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025

... falling by 2000 people this month, it's up 2.3% compared to May 2024, which is stronger than the pre-pandemic, 10-year average annual growth of 1.7%," ABS head of labour statistics Sean Crick said. "This fall in employment, combined with a drop in unemployment ...

Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025

... $5.70 million. While this was largely the result of just six terminations occurring compared to the prior year's 17, the average individual payment fell sharply from $1.97 million to $1.4 million. However, in FY22 there was also just six terminations ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025

... to the fund's long-term success. "I'm very pleased to see our team's hard work recognised by GlobalSWF," she said. The average score of all the other funds, however, remained flat from last year at 61%. "Sadly, we're seeing geopolitics and trade tensions ...

Australian wealth increases despite variable global growth: UBS

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025

... a more equal spread of wealth than comparable nations like the UK, New Zealand and others. Other key findings include average wealth growing by almost 4% per Australian adult in 2024 over the year before, and over 15% since the beginning of the decade ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025

... including equities, showed signs of recovery. "However, we still expect fund flows to moderate over the medium term. The average price/fair value multiple for stocks covered by Morningstar Equity Research globally increased to 0.96 in May 2025, from ...

Middle Australia on track for 'comfortable retirement': ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025

... benefit from the increase in compulsory super contributions, with an extra $317 expected to land in the coffers of the average worker next financial year. Young people and low-income earners, however, were singled out as "the biggest winners" from the ...

Msquared Capital secures $150m warehouse facility with Australian bank

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025

... construction, rural or vacant land, and specialised securities. As of April 30, the fund held 43 investments with a weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of 56.16%.

Inheritance dissatisfaction an advice opportunity: Report

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025

... inheritances and succession planning. The research highlights that inherited money often sits dormant or underutilised. On average, only 22% of inherited capital is invested in mutual funds and 11% in a pension fund. In Australia, wealth holders invest ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025

... told Financial Standard. This is typically because in a large cap portfolio there are five or six businesses that will average out the volatility of others. In small caps, only one or two businesses will do this. Sheriden saw investors turn away from ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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