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2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... continuing to ease, demand growth is still slowing and commodity prices are in a mild downtrend from their 2022 high," he said. Second, central banks are likely to continue cutting interest rates. This is expected to include the RBA where quarterly trimmed ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
The government has provided clarity on the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms, offering more detail around what's included and confirming the remit of its 'new class of adviser.' The second package of reforms is aimed ...

Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... that service-related issues were overwhelmingly the main complaint, accounting for three times more complaints than the second most common issue. The top three issues for investments and advice complaints were service-related issues (45%), general service ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... said, is the divorce rate in Australia continues to fall over time, with 30% of first marriages likely to end in divorce, second marriages around 50% and third marriages at over 60%. Statistics also show that 33% of divorces are triggered by men. "What's ...

Dividends to be down in FY25: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... fiscal deficits has further reinforced optimism regarding US economic growth outcomes for CY25 and CY26. "It appears that a second term President Trump is in a hurry and will not be meaningfully slowed down, given Republican majorities in the Congress ...

WA super law reforms boost GESB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... GESB members to continue to direct their superannuation payments to the fund if they leave the public sector or start a second job with a non-government employer. Previously, members who left the public sector or had dual-government and non-government ...

Advisers put faith in global equities, small caps in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... 32% preferring Australian large cap stocks. This view is also supported by Kris Webster from Canopy Investors, saying a second Donald Trump administration in the US could spike growth in this sector. Over one third (35%) are expecting to increase client ...

Top asset owners return to growth: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... and UniSuper ranked 96 th. More broadly, Asia Pacific accounts for about one third of the total assets, coming in as the second-largest region in the study. "Asset owners globally are navigating a series of waves and occasional storms - from market volatility ...

Insignia completes MLC, NAB separation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... further demonstrates our ability to deliver complex, large-scale transformation projects," he said. "It also marks the second successful execution of a major exit of a superannuation business from a bank, the first being Insignia Financial's separation ...

CFS awards equity, infrastructure mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... ClearBridge's parent company Franklin Templeton has five other strategies on CFS FirstChoice. Meanwhile, CFS awarded the second mandate to the $5.4 billion Platypus Asset Management, which replaced Ausbil. Platypus' Australian equities strategy ...