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Younger generations gaining super ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... numbers enter the decumulation phase. The research also shows that all but Generation Z are most satisfied with the performance of industry funds, with the younger demographic preferring retail funds. This is associated with their lower average super ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... latest AiG PMI surveys is any indication, it'll be more of the same, if not worse, in the coming months. The AiG performance of manufacturing index fell to 51.1 in October, still indicating expansion but decelerating from 54.2 in September and 59.8 in ...

Advice industry compensation bill hits $37m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... funds' tendency to allocate to high-growth assets such as equity and property, helped drive strong longer-term performance of 4.1% return per annum over 10 years, and 9.2% over five years

Active the best way forward for super: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... predictable, especially over five-year timeframes. His research, composed from Vanguard Australia data, analyses the performance of 728 actively managed funds across two five-year periods - to December 2011 and 2016. "Statistically, there was a less ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... the actual "timing" of the exit. The "beginning of next year" looks ideal given the euro area financial markets' performance of late. Despite the euro's 12.4% appreciation versus the US dollar this year to date to US$1.18, the Stoxx-50 index has continued ...

Profit margin squeeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
They might be expanding at a slower rate but they're still expanding. The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing and services indices both slowed in September from August but remained above the 50 expansion/contraction line. ...

Active debate triggers Fidelity fee overhaul

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... for our clients," Fidelity International president Brian Conroy said. "These changes will more closely align the performance of our business with the performance of our clients' portfolios and deliver what we believe clients and regulators are looking ...

Cromwell divests IOF, reopens fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... and other general corporate purposes. Investa chief executive Jonathan Callaghan said: "Investa is proud of the performance of IOF under its management, where IOF has consistently outperformed the S&P/ASX200 A-REIT Index and its peers, and we look forward ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... is likely to be appropriate over the coming months in order to return inflation sustainably to target." The AiG performance of manufacturing index showed activity in Australia's manufacturing sector eased to a reading of 54.2 in September from 59.8 in ...

SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... president Mellody Hobson provided an argument as to why there should be additional lenses to SPIVA when considering the performance of the active management industry. She highlighted two SPIVA principles: first, the fact that it employs "survivorship ...