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Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina has listed the top five things the AMP econosights team is hoping to see in 2025. Firstly, Mousina said that while higher trade tariffs are unavoidable given the incoming US President, she hopes the US will stop ...

Mason Stevens rolls out super admin fee changes

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... management. At the time, its administration fees were deemed to be slightly more expensive than the platform median across lower balance accounts, however it noted it was slightly cheaper for higher balance accounts, being most of its members.

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... come through" this year to justify markets moving higher again. Regarding private equity, IFM sees opportunities in the lower and mid-market over the next year, where more Australian businesses are growing and innovating. IFM said software, tech-enabled ...

SEC fines private equity firms for recordkeeping failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... of US$12 million. PJT Partners, which was spun off from Blackstone, self-reported and subsequently paid a significantly lower civil penalty of US$600,000. Charles Schwab and Santander US Capital Markets agreed to US$10 million and US$4 million respectively. ...

Research digs into HNW investment preferences

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... $20 million, which typically have an average 14% of portfolios in alternatives, comparing to only 9% for HNW clients with lower balances. The research also noted advisers will likely focus on finding investment platforms that can provide simple access ...

Vision Super to drop fees upon merger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Vision Super has told members administration fees will be lowered once it has completed the merger with Active Super. Vision Super said after the successor fund transfer (SFT) on 1 March 2025, administration fees will drop from $78 per annum to $66.04 ...

CFS delivers 16.6% returns for growth members

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) announced impressive returns for its balanced and growth equivalent funds throughout 2024. The FirstChoice Employer Super balanced option returned 13.8% in 2024, while the FirstChoice Employer Super growth option delivered ...

Platinum AUM inches to $11bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... outflows of $289 million. Some $247 million of these outflows left the Platinum Trust Funds. Total AUM, however, is 40% lower compared to the end of 2023, which was $15.4 billion. Platinum lost a mandate with Perpetual's Super Plan on December 16 ...

Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... public administration and safety - is expanding at a faster pace than the market sector, which shifts employment towards lower-productivity sectors and affects overall productivity performance," he said. "Given the ongoing government support for non-market ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... decline in bond yields are looking less than assured, even if the Federal Reserve might (cautiously) take the policy rate lower. Despite that worrisome circumstance, the US political class has no coherent plan to rein that deficit in," he said. Eventually ...