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The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... nevertheless, took pole position last year. International equities unhedged - represented by the MSCI World ex-Australia index - topped the table with a 31.11% return. Mercer global head of capital markets Harry Liem said equity markets delivered impressive ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... anticipating a 25 basis point cut when the board meets towards the end of this month. "The March quarter consumer price index (CPI) was a good enough result for a 25 bp policy rate cut at the next RBA meeting on May 19-20, but that is about it," Miller ...

Australia tops list for financial services job growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... in professional job vacancies, led by the financial services sector in March, according to the Robert Walters Global Jobs Index. The research found that professional white-collar vacancies in financial services in Australia jumped by 34% compared to ...

Ellerston Capital awards distribution mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... portfolio of between 25 and 40 medium capitalisation, ASX-listed companies. Its top holdings are Generation Development Group, Index, Life360, MA Financial Group, and Regis Healthcare. Sodor Capital is new to the market, having launched in August last ...

ETF Shares introduces three ETFs on Cboe

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... "Australia's ETF market has grown rapidly but remains highly concentrated. Our goal is to inject meaningful competition into the index ETF space - something advisers and investors have been missing," Man said. "This highly concentrated market benefits ...

Aware Super on hunt for new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... 10 years to March end, returning 7.8%. It ranks third over seven years with a return of 8.2%. Where the Rainmaker MySuper index achieved 5.4% for the 12 months to March end, Aware Super's default option returned 6.3%. She said the fund is delighted ...

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.9% in the March 2025 quarter and 2.4% annually, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The March quarter increase of 0.9% follows two quarters in a row of 0.2% rises," ABS acting head of prices ...

Local challenger enters Australia's ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
ETF Shares, Australia's first new index ETF issuer in more than a decade and the country's only locally owned provider, is preparing to launch. The firm is led by Cliff Man as chief executive, David Tuckwell as chief investment officer, and Arjun Shanker ...

Australian equity fund manager in a league of its own: Mercer survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... Mercer's Australian shares category, and crushing the S&P/ASX 200 2.8% return over the same period. Notably, even the modest index return surpassed the median fund manager in the survey, which returned 2.5%. Forager's Australian Shares Fund has also ...

Global X to launch AI infrastructure ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... facilitate the adoption of AI technologies. Launching on the ASX this month, AINF tracks the Mirae Asset AI Infrastructure Index with 30 holdings in total. AINF charges a management fee of 0.57% p.a. The index aims to track the performance of companies ...