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March inflation drops to 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... inflationary contributors. Of note, inflation for services also increased to 6.1% from 5.5% in the December quarter, the highest level since 2001. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the latest ABS data confirms that inflation has passed its peak and is beginning ...

TAL, AIA dominate group life market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
... average duration of around one month. On the other hand, for total and permanent disability (TPD) claims, Qinsure had the highest percentage of finalised claims (25.4%) within a two-week timeframe, followed by Hannover Re (15.2%) and Tal (13.7%), while ...

Adviser complaints rise, super complaints decrease

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
... general insurer (10,639) and credit provider complaints (4027). In terms of products, home building insurance received the highest number of complaints (18.2%). This is followed by complaints about deposit taking or payment systems (17.8%), housing finance ...

ETF industry continues growth: Betashares

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... year on year, or $7.2 billion." Fixed income exposures led the way in terms of flows, with the category recording the highest level of monthly net flows, being $350 million, and in the year to date. Broad Australian equities products also continued to ...

Employment figures no cause for rate hike: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... significantly more than the 20,000 anticipated. In further positive news, the data shows female workforce participation is at the highest levels ever seen at 62.5% - 81,000 more women have found work in the last two months. Overall, full-time employment ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... said. Other items aimed at increasing revenues include redesigning the Stage 3 tax cuts so they are less generous to the highest income earners; raising GST to 15% with compensation for the most vulnerable households and 50% of the revenues shared among ...

Vanguard cuts fee on bond ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... the overall market which lost 3% of funds under management (FUM) over the same period. Within fixed interest ETPs, the highest FUM increase occurred in the investment-grade sector, with $1.3 billion on net flows of $2.4 billion.

Consumer interests prioritised in YFYS review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... Australia (SCA) director Xavier O'Halloran praised the government's YFYS review for its plan to test some of the highest-free and worst-value super products. Millions of Australians currently invest in products that haven't gone quality checks ...

Portfolio resistance is key: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... equities as measured by the CSI300 have never been that closely correlated with US and other global equities," he said. "The highest correlation over the last 15 years has been less than 60%, and currently they are reflecting negative correlation. But ...

Mergers, performance dim super satisfaction: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... satisfaction and providing better investment returns will only increase." Those who self-manage their super reported the highest satisfaction levels of 74.7%, although this is lower by 5.3% compared to a year ago. Public sector fund members are the second-most ...