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Betashares launches momentum ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... identification of outperforming stocks, behavioural bias and execution costs," Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said. "It's our view that a systematic, rules-based index approach to momentum investing can assist investors to efficiently access ...

Reconsider the home as a retirement income pillar: Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
Encouraging more Australians to access equity in their homes, combined with changes to stamp duty and the Age Pension, could give asset-rich, income-poor retirees a valuable income boost and help free up more housing for young families, according to ...

ANZ, Westpac 'the cheapest majors': Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... Zaia said that the valuation divergence between Commonwealth Bank and its peers, ANZ Bank and Westpac, is stark, and in his view, unjustified. He said that price-to-book discounts could unwind as ANZ Bank and Westpac hold market share and deliver similar ...

Vanguard Super's default option delivers 13.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
Vanguard Super's default MySuper lifecycle investment option has posted a 13.2% return in its first full financial year. This investment option outperformed some of Australia's largest superannuation funds, surpassing all industry funds on a one-year ...

Federation AM acquires Homesafe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
Federation Asset Management has acquired Homesafe Solutions, aiming to drive innovation and expansion in the equity release market. Homesafe Solutions was established in 2005 by Peter Szabo and is the provider of Homesafe Wealth Release. Federation ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
State Street Global Markets has released the results of the State Street Institutional Investor Indicators for June, showing risk appetite fell 0.09 in June, revealing a modest risk off bias across the month. State Street Global Markets head of macro ...

Future Super returns 10.1% to ethically minded members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... Sharon Davis said. "While politicians may equivocate from time to time on climate action markets continue to take a long-term view on the inevitability of the transition away from fossil fuels." Further, because of its impact investment mandate, the ...

MLC MySuper option returns 9.8%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... "stretched." As such, MLC enters the new financial year with a cautious but constructive outlook. "Consistent with this cautious view, we will continue to rebalance the portfolio into markets that have underperformed while taking gains in markets that ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
The Senate committee tasked with assessing the capabilities of ASIC says the government should recognise the regulator has "comprehensively failed to fulfil its regulatory remit", calling for a complete overhaul of its structure, powers and how it's ...

APRA heightens expectations around trustees' spending

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... including board oversight, alignment with strategic objectives, and active monitoring and review. It also outlines APRA's view that better practice is for trustees to ensure senior executives annually attest to taking reasonable steps to meet SPS 515 ...