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RBA feels 'not enough has changed'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... like it. "Members felt that not enough had changed since the previous meeting to alter their assessment that the current level of the cash rate best balanced the risks to inflation and the labour market," the minutes said. "They therefore agreed that ...

Under the hood of a top global fundie

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... out of nearly 8000 comparable funds, according to eVestment data. GQG's excess return - the difference between strategy-level performance and respective benchmark performance, net of fees - amounted to US$14.8 billion during the first half of 2024, while ...

FAAA names Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award winner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... work for his clients and also having a young family. On behalf of the FAAA, I congratulate him on having achieved the peak level of qualification in financial planning." Palmer said the latest FAAA Value of Advice research found that CFPs achieve the ...

AMP Advice expands network

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
The advising-arm of AMP continues to expand its network after reporting revenue growth in 1H24. Its advice revenue and revenue per practice have increased 16% and 11.6% respectively on the last quarter, AMP said. In addition, AMP said Melbourne-based ...

Labor delivers another budget surplus, but productivity stalls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... productivity rose but then fell as restrictions were eased. This bubble has now well and truly burst, and our productivity level remains at about its 2015-2019 average," Productivity Commission deputy chair Alex Robson said. "Increasing productivity ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... existing rules to be more effective. The report showed that the UK has the strictest rules on anti-greenwashing and entity-level sustainability reporting, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) introducing a rule requiring firms' sustainability claims ...

Schroders launches high yield credit strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Schroders is providing retail investors with access to the local wholesale high yielding credit universe via a new fund. The Schroder Australian High Yielding Credit Fund, which has been an allocation within Schroders fixed income and multi-asset strategies ...

Rapid growth in super sector poses risk to financial stability: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... inflows. Despite the RBA's concerns, the report said all-in-all Australia's financial system continues to display a high level of resilience, but the global economic outlook continues to be uncertain. "The finances of many households and businesses in ...

Acadian, Yarra among most commonly used external managers by super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... sophistication, the tendency to favour Australian assets has decreased. However, there is a wide dispersion on a fund-by-fund level and no clear trend by fund size. It said this is despite larger funds now dominating local asset classes, where they're ...

AustralianSuper appoints first chief liquidity officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
AustralianSuper has appointed Chandu Bhindi as the fund's first chief liquidity officer, effective January 2025. Bhindi joins AustralianSuper from Commonwealth Bank, where he was responsible for the group's funding and liquidity and most recently as ...