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Aussie dividends underperform on global scale: Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... expected to continue to grow at a reasonable pace, but the risk of tariffs and possible trade wars, along with the high level of government borrowing in many large economies, could lead to further market volatility in 2025 - some bond markets have already ...

Insurance through superannuation stages a comeback

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
After years of decline, the number of superannuation fund members with insurance is on the rise. Legislative changes in 2019 made insurance opt-in for those with low balances, inactive accounts, or those aged under 25 - taking a sledgehammer to the ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... upper quartile sitting at $307,000. Across the board, financial services workers took home $162,000 on average. At a company level, fund managers appear to regress, with the likes of Magellan Asset Management and Platinum Asset Management reporting a ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... buyer view of the client's lifetime value with the practice, propensity to purchase additional services and somewhat the level of interest they would provide to the adviser. Now the fees clients pay is far more important than it has been historically," ...

SMA Reporting Standard launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
The SMA Reporting Standard (SMARS) has launched to address the complexities and confusion over fee structures in the separately managed accounts (SMAs) sector. SMARS is spearheaded by the Adviser Ratings Group and operates as a separate entity, SMA ...

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... investors." "While an ETF always figured in our longer-term thinking, we brought forward our planned launch date due to the level of inbound inquiry." GCQ is further beefing up its distribution team with the appointment of Adam Philippe, who joins as ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... UniSuper, and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, meet with US government officials at the federal and state level, and their investment sector peers, over four days.

Advisers grapple with AI, require support: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Nearly one third of financial advisers are currently using artificial intelligence (AI) in their practice at a basic level, but many more say they need education and guidance, a new Investment Trends study finds. Some 27% of advisers that are embracing ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
ASIC is setting its sights on the private markets sector, flagging it will pay particular attention to the surging popularity of opaque private debt investments. The regulator lays out its concerns in discussion paper, Australia's evolving capital ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
The increasing dominance of giant technology stocks poses "significant challenges" for superannuation funds and other institutional investors, as index solutions provider Scientific Beta touts two possible approaches to better manage concentration risk. ...