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Life insurance premiums edge lower

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... billion in the year to December 2024 - a $300 million decline from the previous year - according to DEXX&R. The market research firm's latest Life Analysis report showed total new individual risk premiums dropped 18.5% over the year, falling to $1.11 ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... outcome has cracked open the prospect of a "dramatic redefinition" of the Future Fund's role and purpose, according to research platform Global SWF. Global SWF said that for nearly two decades, the Future Fund operated under a commercial-first mandate ...

Wealth managers' recovery looks promising: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... accumulation/super with a retirement income solution. As a more focused wealth and bank operator, AMP is now starting to deliver, the research said, thanks to platforms seeing some inflows, super outflows improving, margin pressure easing and the development ...

Super moves: Cbus, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Funds SA deputy chief investment officer and director of equities has jumped to Cbus Super, the industry fund for building and construction workers. After seven years with the $46 billion investment corporation owned by the government of South Australia ...

Global X China Tech ETF in the works

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... DRGN), the firm said the country's years of strategic investment in manufacturing capacity, digital infrastructure and research capabilities are now translating into "operational scale" across multiple sectors. Global X noted that in semiconductors ...

Clime awarded $183m mandate from US firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... entered into a heads of agreement with Dallas-based US equities manager Acruence Capital to strengthen both entities' research capabilities and collaborate on opportunities in the US market. The agreement with Acruence is expected to increase investment ...

Finfluencer failed to disclose paid promotions, says regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
Days after research from the Ontario regulator found those who make financial decisions based on finfluencers' recommendations are 12 times more likely to be scammed, a Canadian finfluencer was busted for failing to disclose sponsorship of content and ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... by around three hours a week, equivalent to a time saving worth an estimated $5308 a year based on average wages, new research by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) found. CEDA analysis of the latest data from the Household Income ...

Local challenger enters Australia's ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... ETFs, with Man serving as second-in-command and head of portfolio management, Tuckwell heading the product, strategy, and research team, and Shanker holding a senior role supporting the management of Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia. ...

Family offices favour real estate: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... more than any other asset classes, a new analysis shows, as more than half feature property in their portfolios. The research conducted by familyofficehub, a provider of global family office research based in Munich, found that 52.7% of the total 2079 ...