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Deflation continues, albeit slowly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... households. The Queensland government introduced a one-off electricity rebate of $1000 from July 2024. This rebate exceeded the average electricity bill for Queensland households," Marquardt said. "The impact of the rebates was lower in January than ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... incorporate a longevity protection component when designing a retirement income solution for a retiree cohort with an average account balance of more than $200,000. Trustees should also develop and offer tailored drawdown pathways, based on retiree cohort ...

CSLR levy pain could hit $123m: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... year estimate show that there are now 1092 claims relating to Dixon Advisory, of which 1030 are expected. These have an average cost of $121,000. Anderson said the CSLR is estimating a total cost for these cases of $124.8 million. "That is a very big ...

Insignia Financial improves losses amid takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... back of net revenues being up 1.5% year on year to $705.8 million, and expenses dropping slightly by 7% to $482 million. Average funds under management and administration rose 8.6% to $320 billion. Its Advice business recorded an underlying net profit ...

Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... imposition into perspective. Citing research from the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Masters said the average tariff rate of all goods entering the US under Trump's first administration saw the average tariff rate go from 1% to 2% ...

Our results were strong: Alexis George

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
AMP chief executive Alexis George has told Financial Standard that the company's 2024 financial year results were strong, despite its share price being caned since the announcement. George said that wealth business flows, excluding its bank, have ...

Platforms placate fee consent ordeal: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... that a lot of advice practices struggle with each year is the ongoing fee consent," Peker told Financial Standard. If the average adviser has 110 clients, for example, nearly 600 fee consents must be processed. "That takes a lot of time. HUB24 is an ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... gap' in perspective, had labour productivity in the broader economy moved in line with the housing construction sector, average incomes in Australia would be about 41% lower than they are now," the research found. Several factors have contributed ...

GQG records US$1.7bn net flows in January

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... benchmarks," he said "We continue to offer what we believe are very attractive fees relative to our competition. Our weighted average management fee for the 12 months ending 31 December 2024 was 49.6 basis points, which we believe to be very competitive. ...

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... companies. After two weak years of earnings contraction, estimates suggest that the index constituents will deliver an average earnings growth of about 48% year-on-year, creating an opportunity to capitalise on the recovery, he said. Leung said the second ...