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Castlerock embarks on $30m capital raise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... across Australia, with the aim of providing our investors healthy distributions and growth potential." The fund has an average weighted average lease expiry (WALE) of 5.9 years, 99% occupancy and a loan-to-value ratio (LVR) of 43% with 90% of the debt ...

Advisers flock to managed accounts, but are very selective

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... as one of the main upsides of using managed accounts with advisers now reporting they, or their support staff, save on average 22.8 hours per week, up from 17.1 hours last year. For an adviser who works 7.5 hours a day, that's a saving of three days ...

Low-margin clients hurt practice valuations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... low-margin revenue, Centurion found, saying the level of work required significantly reduces profitability and drives the average multiple down. "The exception being if an acquirer believes fees can be increased for those clients, the clients have the ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... of the barriers to women's success in the sector that were identified in 2018 are still in place. This includes the average gender pay gap, which has stagnated, moving just 0.3 percentage points from 23% in 2021-22 to 22.7% in 2022-23. In all other ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... the picture was not as positive. Australian companies grew their dividends or kept them steady, behind the 85% global average. However, the increases were not enough to offset major cuts from mining groups, which contributed to a 10.7% fall in Australian ...

Pendal shutters costly equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... Australian shares, including Australian listed property securities and convertible preference shares that offer above average income returns and may also hold cash and may use derivatives, Morningstar's analysis read. Minimum investment amount was $500,000. ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... lower than men. WA premier Roger Cook said he would like to see more private sector employers follow suit. "We know, on average, women retire with significantly lower superannuation balances to support them in retirement - and this is partly because ...

Unmet financial advice needs affect millions in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... next two years, finding their profile closely mirrored the 9.1 million who don't plan to seek professional advice. On average, unadvised individuals are willing to pay up to $800 for investment property advice, the highest-rated need. Interestingly ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
Female fund managers generate 1.2% alpha on average compared to the broader population, a new analysis from Morningstar shows. The assessment of 62 portfolio management teams led by women were able to achieve 0.89% in alpha annualised over five years ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... Finder revealed that women tend to invest less than men and underperform. Male investors have $88,775 invested in shares on average - double women's of $44,125. Male investors also see their balance invested grow much faster on average than women ...