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War on inflation: Australia vs New Zealand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... different approaches. Now that inflation has cooled, HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham has examined which approach was better. "At the end of the pandemic, both Australia and New Zealand had similar-sized high inflation challenges. But the policy responses ...

Aussie dividends underperform on global scale: Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... a result of lower earnings from major influencers Woodside, BHP and ANZ. "...although median dividend growth of 3% was better than the underlying decline in dividends paid, it was still well behind the global average," the report said. "The fourth quarter ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... financial advice practice and client book valuations is positive, noting that the Quality of Advice Review and Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms should make running a business much more efficient. As a result, profit margins should increase. ...

Clime Investment Management lands new strategic partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... their specific objectives. We note there are opportunities to improve revenue and reduce the end cost to our clients by better utilising our current products and solutions," it said. Clime's private wealth offering - Clime Private Wealth (CPW) and ...

The productivity problem: Good ideas never put to use

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... little." PC economists Lawson Ashburner and Vincent Wong found that since the mid-2000s Australia has found fewer new and better ways of using inputs and has also not made the best use of new ideas. "The research shows that creeping inefficiency over ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... difficulty" pulling ahead of the broader market. Frontier found that value managers had a rough year, while growth managers fared better - though market conditions were only conductive to a subset of 'high-growth' managers, moderate growth managers failed ...

NGS Super shutters direct investment option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... While its eAdvice service will be temporarily unavailable from March 1, the fund is introducing a new super calculator to better help members understand how much income they'll need in retirement. This will replace the TrueWealth retirement calculator ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... superannuation funds and other institutional investors, as index solutions provider Scientific Beta touts two possible approaches to better manage concentration risk. According to new research, spearheaded by Australian head of investment solutions Warwick ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... seek to help trustees gain a "detailed understanding" of their funds' membership, develop quality solutions that provide better outcomes for their members, and provide information and guidance on product offerings to support members' choice. The principles ...

SMSF Association names annual award winners

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... the highest standards of SMSF practice," Burgess said. Commenting on 2024 CEO Award, Burgess believes there is "no one better" than Hepburn-Rogers to receive the recognition. "No one better fits that description than Brooke, the founder and director ...