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Wages grow 0.7% in June quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Australians' pay packets grew by 0.7% in the June quarter, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows, down 0.9% from the prior quarter. Annually, the rate of growth for wages in the private sector was 4.1%, down from three consecutive ...

First Sentier farewells senior portfolio manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
First Sentier Investors' high-profile small companies team has lost one of its longest-serving members. The small and mid-cap fund group led by Dawn Kanelleas has farewelled senior portfolio manager Pavlos Totsis. Totsis - along with Kanelleas and ...

No one immune to cost-of-living pain: ABS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... risen for all Australian household types in the June quarter, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said increases in living costs in the June quarter ranged from 1.2% to 1.4% ...

Inflation rises but RBA hike not inevitable

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... (CPI) rose 1% in the June quarter and 3.8% annually, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The June quarter rise is the same as the 1% rise in the March 2024 quarter," ABS head of price statistics Michelle Marquardt ...

Top 10 Australian share funds of FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
Mercer has published its Investment Performance Survey, revealing the top-performing Australian share fund managers of 2023-24. The Glenmore Australian Equities Fund took out top spot with a 31.5% return. The fund, which has a diversified portfolio ...

Future Fund hires Fortlake investments deputy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has hired Fortlake Asset Management's deputy chief investment officer. Kylie-Anne Richards joined last week, sitting with the Future Fund's dynamic asset allocation team. Richards has served as deputy chief ...

FICAP RockStar raises over $100k for charity partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
An analyst at KPMG took out the top prize at the Finance Industry Community Aid Program's annual RockStar event, which raised more than $100,000 for charity. Performing at The Beresford in Sydney's Surry Hills last night, KPMG senior audit analyst ...

RBA needs to 'rip the band-aid off' and hike rates: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... rose by less than 0.1 percentage point to 4.1% in June, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). While a lower unemployment rate is normally a good sign for the economy, VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel ...

BitConnect promoter hit with good behaviour

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
The promoter of BitConnect who pleaded guilty to spruiking a fraudulent scheme has been handed a good behaviour order and escaped jail time. The District Court of New South Wales ordered John Bigatton on good behaviour for three years, starting from ...

Vanguard Super's default option delivers 13.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
Vanguard Super's default MySuper lifecycle investment option has posted a 13.2% return in its first full financial year. This investment option outperformed some of Australia's largest superannuation funds, surpassing all industry funds on a one-year ...