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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 ...

Outdated super rule costs teens $10k at retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... super fairer and financially benefit countless young workers, it is also likely to have an impact on employers, particularly small and medium businesses, who employ part-time or casual workers," Doyle said. "A thorough consultation process to consider ...

Platinum seeks insto managers, new asset classes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... currently do. So, it's entirely additive," he said. Platinum seeks "large, leading managers that aren't necessarily small Australian boutiques, aren't necessarily Australian" and create products with them under the Platinum Partner Series ...

Small caps boutique merges with Conduit Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
Small caps investment house Spatium Capital has inked a merger agreement with Singapore's Conduit Group. Spatium Capital, based in Melbourne, is merging with Conduit Securities and Conduit Asset Management, subsidiaries of Conduit Group, as both parties ...

'No alternative': ESSSuper sues Iress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... resulting in 9% of the fund's defined benefit members receiving Excess Contribution Notices stating an incorrect amount. A small number of members acted on the incorrect information and were then forced to engage with ESSSuper and the ATO to arrange ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
GQG Partners' funds under management (FUM) has taken a small tumble, slipping from US$161.6 billion to US$159.4 billion in October. The investment management firm's last dip in FUM occurred in April this year. GQG also reeled in US$3 billion ...

Perpetual reveals new leadership structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... agility and faster decision making in the service of our clients. We plan to, over time, keep our central group functions small and maintain regional support where it helps our business grow or there are clear scale advantages," Reilly said.

Commonwealth Super reports strong investment performance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
Commonwealth Super Corporation (CSC) has reported strong investment performance as its five-year transformation program takes shape. The $70 billion super fund's default MySuper investment option delivered a "healthy" 9.1% return over the past financial ...

US election: Global investors fear inflation boom

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... anticipate a resumption of gold's appreciation," he said. A bright note could come in stock markets, particularly for US small caps, T. Rowe Price capital markets strategist, multi-asset division, Tim Murray said. "In stock markets, US small caps could ...

Interest rates to remain on hold for some time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... said the decision to leave rates on hold was a surprise to no one, but given the tone from the central bank, there is now a small chance interest rates may not move at all in 2025. "Our central case is that the RBA's first cut will not arrive until ...