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CareSuper, MIESF assess merger potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... via labour hire companies. In 2022, APRA sustainability metrics showed MIESF had a total account growth rate (three-year average) of -9.23%, the fourth largest decline across all registerable superannuation entities (RSEs). It also had the seventh largest ...

Active managers outperform in limited asset classes, fall short in survivorship

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... tangible advantage over passive indexes," Sanzgiri said. "Despite lower fees, passive funds significantly underperform the average active fund across all periods under analysis. Understandably, active funds are soundly successful in this segment." Over ...

Admin and compliance taking up 56% of advice practice costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... efficient financial advice delivery in the Australian wealth management landscape. Participants revealed 56.5% of the average advice practice costs are spent on product administration, reporting and compliance. The findings identified three core challenges ...

AustralianSuper well placed to achieve mega-scale ambitions: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... regulatory issues and member servicing are hurdles the fund still needs to overcome, applying a Parent Pillar rating of 'Average.' "Despite the positive characteristics that set the fund apart, recent litigation from ASIC limits our Parent Pillar rating. ...

Wages grow 3.5% for the year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... revealed around 45% of jobs saw a wage change in the September quarter, down slightly (46%) from the same time last year. The average size of the hourly wage change was lower (up 3.7%) compared to the same period in 2023 (up 5.4%). "Wage rises for many ...

HNWIs demand alternatives, platforms lack access

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... access alternatives via their primary investment platform. Nearly 10% described it as "impossible." HNW-focused advisers on average have 9% of portfolios invested in alternatives, which Praemium found was more than double the allocation of adviser groups ...

Platinum exec pay hit with second strike

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... KPIs are linked to the successful delivery of the turnaround program. Other changes included significantly increasing the average weighting of executives' financial metrics KPIs to 45%, which sat at 20% in FY23. In the lead up to casting votes, Peters ...

Australian economy 'fundamentally sound': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... card levels - were favourably impacted by seasonal trends over the quarter. CBA said arrears were also helped by higher average tax refunds to customers and changes to income tax rates and thresholds. Troublesome and impaired assets were marginally higher ...

Outdated super rule costs teens $10k at retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... denied compulsory Superannuation Guarantee payments unless they work more than 30 hours a week. They are missing out on an average of $730 each in super contributions; a typical teenager who works for at least two years would benefit from almost $2200 ...

Old, retired males more likely to use a financial adviser: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... with nearly half of their clients having invested for over 20 years and most describing their knowledge as at least above average. VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron explained older, more experienced investors typically ...