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Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... simple-reference portfolio (SRP) frontier. These options focus on risk-adjusted returns, gauging trustees' ability to deliver good returns for a given level of risk. This sector-neutral approach favours well-diversified portfolios, including those with ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... top-quartile performance through the rolling five-, 10-, and 15-year periods. Under Stevanovic's qualitative lead, the fund is in good stead." Kanelleas' Australian Small Companies Fund is currently in the top two quartiles of performance relative to ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... no plan" or "did not know what they needed for retirement" in comparison to the 73% of men stating they have a "general", "good" or "exact plan" for how they will financially prepare to reach the retirement lifestyle they want. Half of men surveyed ranged ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... take on less debt, we default less. We make better decisions when it comes to investing. We have the skill naturally to be good at this and the challenge we often face is [the lack of] engagement and confidence," White said.

InvestSMART launches investing platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... without the relatively high cost of obtaining personal financial advice; and our partners can concentrate on what they are good at without the time and cost of setting up their own managed investment scheme, administration and maintenance," a statement ...

EG to target intermediaries

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... becoming much more lucrative and appealing than public markets, and being in the public markets is not necessarily always a good thing - that's why firms aren't 'IPO'ing' as much as they used to," he said. "So, accessing the private markets now is ...

'ASX Wolf' Tyson Scholz bankrupt in ASIC crackdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... 2020 to November 2021. Scholz shared posts on specific companies via Instagram, suggesting he owned shares or viewed them as good investments, likely swaying his audience to buy these stocks. Scholz also conducted seminars on ASX trading strategies ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... remain unclear to us. Investors were made fully aware of each and every asset in the fund. All service providers acted in good faith throughout - and invested in robust legal and compliance processes. "We would have welcomed the opportunity to work with ...

Super funds convene with assistant treasurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... said. "But we know that, on occasion, the super sector has fallen short of meeting those expectations - and that's not good enough. This meeting is a clear signal of the sector's shared resolve to do better - with profit-to-member funds determined ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... Buffet said. He went on to reiterate that Berkshire's objective is to own either all or a portion of businesses that enjoy good economics that are fundamental and enduring, particularly favouring the "rare enterprise" that can deploy additional capital ...