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War on inflation: Australia vs New Zealand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... 175bp of easing already since August 2024." Bloxham said one measure to decide which approach was better is the "misery index," which adds together the rates of inflation and unemployment. "Of course, it then depends on how much weight is put on high ...

Aussie dividends underperform on global scale: Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... new report shows. Global dividend grew to a record US$1.75 trillion in 2024, according to Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index, which is a 6.6% increase on an underlying basis with 88% of companies around the world having raised or held dividends steady. ...

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... power of marquee companies. The firm said its portfolio's net return for January was 6.4% compared to the MSCI World AUD index, which was 2.4% for the month. Returns were broad-based, with a meaningful contribution from Richmond Amazon, Visa Inc. ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... struggling to meet benchmark returns. The median global active equity manager was left in the dust by the MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI) - which tracks large and mid-cap stocks across 47 developed and emerging markets - by 4.6%, the worst relative ...

Deflation continues, albeit slowly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.5% in the 12 months to January 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Annual CPI inflation at 2.5% in January was the same as it was in December 2024," ...

Macquarie shutters 30-year-old fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... interest, with limited exposure to growth assets and aimed to outperform the Morningstar AUS Mod Tgt Alloc NR Australian dollar index. It charged a total investment fee of 0.82% per annum and required a minimum initial investment of $100,000. The fund ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... of giant technology stocks poses "significant challenges" for superannuation funds and other institutional investors, as index solutions provider Scientific Beta touts two possible approaches to better manage concentration risk. According to new research ...

Alpencrest ramps up expansion, signs Aussie affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... LSN recorded a strong three-year track record in December 2024 with a 7.1% p.a. outperformance above the Small Ordinaries Index. "LSN focuses on identifying high-quality, underappreciated small-cap opportunities within the Australian equities market ...

Schroders launches new active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... listed on Cboe Australia. An unconstrained, diversified global equities fund, ALPH targets consistent outperformance with index levels of risk, Schroders explained. It invests in companies presenting long-term structural opportunities and short-term ...

Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... Betashares Ethereum ETF (ASX: QETH) - come with a 0.45% annual management fee. Both ETFs were launched in partnership with crypto index fund manager Bitwise. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said investors globally are increasingly incorporating ...