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Inflation remains in RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.1% in the 12 months to October 2024, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), in line with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range. "Annual inflation ...

$3m super tax faces uncertain future

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
The SMSF Association (SMSFA) has welcomed reports the government's $3 million superannuation tax, which was expected to come into effect 1 July 2025, could be shelved until after the next federal election. SMSFA chief executive Peter Burgess said the ...

Top advisers champions in two key areas: Iress

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... typically excel in and highlights processes that are "ripe for industry-wide improvement" to drive efficiencies. The Advisely Index Report revealed top Australian advice practices serve 40% more clients than their peers in a competitive landscape where ...

Low-cost funds outperform in most asset classes: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
A new report from Morningstar demonstrates low-cost funds have typically outperformed their more expensive peers in the past, with the cheapest options always achieving a higher success ratio in most categories. Most prominently, in the multisector ...

TWC launches Global Wealth Creators Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... wholesale and institutional investors. The actively managed fund aims to deliver annual returns of 3-4% above the MSCI World index, in a concentrated portfolio of 15-30 business across technology, communication services, industrial, health care, consumer ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
Active fund managers tend to outperform their passive counterparts in certain categories like Australian equity income and bonds, but the latter has better survivorship rates, according to Morningstar's latest Active/Passive Barometer report. The analysis ...

Wages grow 3.5% for the year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
The Wage Price Index rose 0.8% in the September quarter and 3.5% for the year, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of price statistics Michelle Marquardt said this was the first time annual wage growth ...

Australian economy 'fundamentally sound': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... 2024, representing 0.63% of total committed exposures. This comes as CBA also released its Household Spending Insights (HSI) Index which showed an increase of 0.8% to 152.5 in October. The strength in spending on household goods was driven by spending ...

Australian ETFs reach $233bn in FUM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... Betashares Global Royalties ETF (ROYL) - 12.1% The top 10 ETFs by flows for the month of October were: Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) - $371 million Vanguard Global Aggregate Bond Index (Hedged) ETF (VBND) - $221.48 million Vanguard MSCI ...

GQG's FUM pulls back, breaks six-month streak

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... over October. GQG's US Equity strategy has posted a 28.1% return year-to-date, compared to its benchmark - the S&P 500 index - at 22.1%. Since its launch in July 2014, the strategy has returned 16.2%, while the benchmark has returned 13.2%. GQG's ...