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Australian ETF industry blazes past $200bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
The Australian ETF industry has rocketed past $200 billion in assets under management, with a prominent fund manager forecasting it could grow to $500 billion by 2030. ETF market capitalisation jumped by 15.7% in the first half of 2024 to $205.3 billion. ...

Inflation pummels adviser pay by 20%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
Financial advisers' remuneration has failed to beat inflation for more than 20 years, going backwards by 20%, according to a recruiter. An analysis by Recruit 2 Advice found that since 2000, advisers' salaries increased 1.9% annually or 2.8% averaged ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
State Street Global Markets has released the results of the State Street Institutional Investor Indicators for June, showing risk appetite fell 0.09 in June, revealing a modest risk off bias across the month. State Street Global Markets head of macro ...

HESTA returns 9.1% to members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
HESTA's default MySuper balanced growth option has returned 9.1% over the last financial year. The option has averaged an annual return of 7.62% over the past 10 years. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said that despite ongoing uncertainty in financial ...

Retirement Income Covenant still weak: APRA, ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
Superannuation funds continue to grapple with their retirement income strategy obligations, citing financial advice regulation uncertainty, costs, and the lack of member engagement as major barriers. This is according to joint oversight by ASIC and ...

US looks towards rate cuts, Australia lags behind

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... to a rally in commodity prices that is driven by the central bank rate cuts in Europe and Canada. Such a development would push out the timeline for US rate cuts to next year." McCormack said despite the encouraging sign inflation was easing, one month ...

GST rebate changes worsens cost of advice: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
Abolishing the rebate for the GST component of adviser fees from July 1 can aggravate the cost of financial advice, according to the SMSF Association (SMSFA). In a few weeks' time, superannuation funds and platform providers will no longer be able to ...

Emissions data demand drives tech growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... than 50,000 assets. Among its 250 clients are Aware Super, HESTA, and IFM Investors. The increase in demand is part of a push to base reporting and investment decisions on real data - and ultimately, to prevent greenwashing, chief executive Carl Prins ...

HESTA pushes for expediated advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
HESTA has reported a "real shift" in how its members want to engage with their superannuation, leading it to urge the government to release tranche two of the Quality of Advice Review reforms. The $89 billion industry fund noted a strong demand for ...

Interest rate relief unlikely 'this side of Christmas'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... Bassanese said with consumer spending already weak, lingering inflationary pressures in Australia appear to largely reflect cost-push factors in areas like housing, insurance and energy which "interest rates can't really contain". "For the RBA, however ...