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Qantas Super lowers investment fees, updates cash option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... Cash option's objective is to achieve a return after tax and investment fees equal to the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill index (net of tax), over a rolling one-year period. This has changed to include the words 'net of tax' in the objective ...

CFS unveils fund manager, fee changes to FirstChoice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... option will replace the Stewart Investors Worldwide Sustainability option. Both options track the MSCI All Country World Index and allocate between 80% to 100% in global shares. However, Capital Group's option is not a sustainable fund. It invests ...

Global equity, AREIT managers biggest underperformers: S&P Dow Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... global equity and AREIT fund managers prove to be the biggest underperformers over the long term as more than 86% lag the index, an S&P Dow Jones Indices report finds. Australian fund managers, who invest in general global equities, continue to see their ...

BlackRock lowers management fees on ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... withdrawal fees - which apply to authorised participants only - will increase, and IAA will gain exposure to the relevant index by investing directly in index constituents, and in other permitted investments, rather than investing in the respective US ...

Australia a top destination for international investment: QIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... growth falling to just 2.2%." As for debt imbalance measures, Australia ranked 15 th with a slightly negative debt imbalance index score. "Australia is weighed down by its net foreign debt position, which sits at 32% of GDP. This offsets a favourable ...

BlackRock lowers fees on two funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... investment objective otherwise remains unchanged, being to provide returns that exceed those of the S&P/ASX 300 Total Return Index (Benchmark) while maintaining a similar level of investment risk to the Benchmark," it said.

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... ETFs around the first-year anniversary of Hamas' attack. It's no surprise that the MSCI World Aerospace and Defense Index continues to outpace the MSCI World, shooting up 45.3% in the year to September versus 32.4%, and has done so in the last ...

IMF issues stark inflation warning for Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its inflation predictions for 2025, upping Australia's consumer price index expectations from 2.8% to 3.6%. In its World Economic Outcomes report, the IMF predicted Australia would be one of two advanced ...

Australian equities rise, but global markets preferred: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
... research. While local opportunities exist at a more granular level - especially for investors open to looking beyond the index - Morningstar said it sees greater merit in global markets, such as Chinese equities on valuation grounds and other select ...

Betashares expands Wealth Builder suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
... enhance access to the benefits of gearing, the provider said. Like the flagship Nasdaq 100 ETF, it tracks the Nasdaq 100 Index but with moderate gearing. The geared ratio will typically between 30% and 40% on any given day, Betashares said, meaning the ...