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Down but not out: Busting defined benefit myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
Many see defined benefit (DB) funds as dead - dinosaurs of the retirement world. Nevertheless, they're important to the retirement ecosystem, according to Challenger institutional client solutions director Meher Edibam. While most DB schemes are closed ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... flashpoints for something potentially more ominous. Defence companies' biggest clients - governments from all over the world - are not only stockpiling their hardware they are also purchasing the latest software. But war is not only profitable for ...

IMF issues stark inflation warning for Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... revised its inflation predictions for 2025, upping Australia's consumer price index expectations from 2.8% to 3.6%. In its World Economic Outcomes report, the IMF predicted Australia would be one of two advanced economies with headline inflation above ...

Magellan launches first Vinva funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
Magellan Asset Management launched the first two Vinva systematic equity funds, flagging a third fund to be made available next month. The launch follows the strategic partnership with Vinva in August, which includes becoming the distribution partner ...

CBA's conviction on December rate cut has 'dipped'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... the Reserve Bank will weigh that up, they'll weigh up what's happening in the labour market, what's happening around the world, and they'll come to a decision independently in due course."

Betashares expands Wealth Builder suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
... wealth over the long term by offering cost effective and convenient access to gearing. GNDQ allows Australians to invest in world-leading companies in the Nasdaq 100 through a professionally managed geared exchange traded fund," Vynokur said. The other ...

EBC expands local offerings to HNWIs, instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
UK wealth management and brokerage firm EBC Financial Group (EBC) has scored a new AFS Licence (AFSL) and is ready to take on institutional investors and Australia's growing high-net-worth population. London-based EBC provides financial brokerage, asset ...

Nobel laureates link economic prosperity to colonialism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... extraction and the rule of law would create long-term benefits for everyone," it said. Currently, the richest 20% of the world's countries are about 30 times richer than the poorest 20% and, although the poorest countries have become richer over time ...

Hamilton Lane debuts private markets infra fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... expertise across infrastructure sectors, asset types and geographies to private wealth and institutional investors around the world." Hamilton Lane launched its evergreen platform in 2019 and now has five funds across multiple strategies. The new offering ...

'Challenging period' for active managers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... said. "A majority of global equity funds domiciled in the US, Europe, Japan, Canada and Australia underperformed the S&P World Index, with underperformance rates all falling within the range of 70%-85%." The report found that poor performance of actively ...