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Value versus growth: Market expectations in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... significant for value investors, according to Antipodes portfolio manager Vihari Ross. The initial forecast for this year included six rate cuts and no recession, which is an unlikely scenario. She said Jerome Powell has emphasised the need to closely ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... instant asset write-off scheme for a further year, along with energy rebates, we continue to urge the government to consider the six ideas we have put forward. These will have a direct practical impact on reducing the cost to consumers of professional ...

Budget 2024: The Budget by numbers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... year, compared to when we came to government," Chalmers said. "On our watch, the Budget is $215 billion stronger over the six years to 2027-28." Gross debt is expected to peak at 35.2% of GDP in 2026-27 before declining to 30.2% by 2034-35. "This year ...

FAAA calls for 'fairness' ahead of Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Last Resort (CSLR) and implement a fairer ASIC funding levy for advisers. In its pre-budget submission, the FAAA put forward six key items that it said would have a positive impact on the financial futures of Australian consumers hit hard by the cost-of-living ...

Inflation spooks retirees more than healthcare costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... now is the time to prioritise saving for a brighter future," she said. A survey from Equip Super yielded similar results. Six in seven Australians (85%) are more cautious about how and what they spend money on, given the rising cost of living and inflation ...

Australian Retirement Trust wraps up AvSuper merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... better served in a different fund with more resources at its disposal," AvSuper chief executive Michael Sykes said at the time. Six months later, AvSuper confirmed it would look to merge with Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), a process that ...

Magellan bleeds another $1bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... strategies both retracted by $200 million, respectively. Magellan's share price rose 1.14%, marking a 27.38% increase over the last six months. Separately, GQG Partners in its monthly FUM update today, reported a loss of US$1.4 billion in April, bringing ...

HESTA names chief financial officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... purchasing strategy and built relationships with providers, industry associations and regulators. Earlier in her career, she spent six years at the Commonwealth Bank as a healthcare analyst and project manager at Australia's anti-trust regulator. ...

FSC launches digital advice group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... burdensome regulatory framework." The robo-advice group builds on the FSC's expansion into the advice sector by adding six licensees to its network of members. "Independent research has shown that almost four million Australians say they would be ...

Performance test needs better metrics, durability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... fund via a merger or close the options. The inaugural test for trustee-directed products (TDP) launched last year. Ninety-six TDPs failed the test, of which 20 were non-platform products and 76 were platform products. After conducting an audience poll ...