Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 391 - 400 of 8071 results for "Average"

Family offices turn to start-ups, M&As: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... found. Family offices are particularly keen on start-ups operating in the generative artificial intelligence space. On average, 31% of capital start-ups raised in the 12 months to July 2024 came from family offices. Real estate accounted for 67% of family ...

Stamford Capital Investments launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... Fund 4 (CPF4) is the largest in SCIM's series to date and aims to build on the success of its previous three funds, which average a return of 18%. The new opportunistic fund is targeting 15% IRR net and is sourcing national investments including real ...

Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... equities. Notably, the fund averaged 8.34% in annual returns since its inception in 1988, beating the ASFA's calculated average for balanced options of about 7% over a 10-year period. Rest's high-growth option and its sustainable growth option ...

Government bolsters funding for payday super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... super contributions more frequently throughout their working life, which Super Member Council (SMC) analysis shows the average worker would be $7700 better off in retirement with payday super because returns accrue and compound sooner. SMC analysis also ...

Chalmers defends budget deficits in MYEFO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... a fraction of what we see in comparable countries and our budget improvement since 2021 has been much faster than the average of advanced economies." Chalmers said part of the government's spending was "unavoidable" in the current "challenging economic ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... and identifying how the future is likely to be different from the past," she said. "Following the status quo results in average returns by definition." On AMP stepping into the crypto space, crypto-exchange BTC Markets chief executive Caroline Bowler ...

Australia home to 43 billionaires: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... tech businesses developing AI and the innovators behind them. Consequently, tech billionaires currently have the highest average wealth at US$70.6 billion. However, there are a relatively small number of them."

ASIC sues HSBC Australia over $23m scam losses

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... comply with its obligations under the ePayments Code and let its customers down when they needed their help the most, on average taking 145 days to investigate customers' reports that they had been scammed," Court said. "We are also concerned that ...

Productivity Commission tasked with five new inquiries

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... cleaner energy and the net zero transformation. "Weak productivity has been a feature of our economy for some time, with average annual labour productivity growth in Australia over the decade to 2020 falling to the lowest level in 60 years," Chalmers ...

Hostplus' AFCA complaint response times lag

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... complaints made directly to it and through the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) amongst other things. The average number of days to resolve a complaint lodged with AFCA was 132 days in the quarter ending March 31, which slightly improved ...