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Legal costs weigh on AMP profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... underlying profits. However, net cash outflows (excluding pension payments) did improve year on year, coming in at $75 million versus the $470 million seen in 1H24. And, earlier this year, it achieved its first positive net cashflow position since 2017. ...

Superannuation is Australia's 'productivity engine': ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... But there is more to be done, she added, noting that the productivity conversation "must dare to go beyond the 'bosses versus workers' narrative." Some key areas to increase productivity include reducing regulatory volatility for long-term investment ...

Gold ETFs outshine large caps: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... to 7.1% p.a. in April. International fixed interest largely matched its market index, with a median return of 5.2% p.a. versus 5.3% p.a. Across three-year returns, 12 ETFs made the list for leading products across nine sectors. ETFs were prominent in ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... realised that it is increasingly challenging for large funds, and any superannuation fund, given the pace of growth of super versus the Australian market, to maintain our domestic allocation, because we use index investing quite a bit, we think we're ...

Betashares gearing up to expand Wealth Builder product suite

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... Geared (30-40% LVR) Complex ETF (ASX: GNDQ) was launched in October last year. GNDQ has returned 13.49% since inception versus the Nasdaq 100 (AUD)'s 10.71% and reeled in $36.2 million in net assets. A Betashares spokesperson said the Wealth Builder ...

GESB to roll out premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... slight. A 40-year-old male will pay $1.63 per $1000 amount insured, up from $1.62. A woman of the same age will pay $1.47 versus $1.46. Members with salary continuance insurance will also benefit from a reduction, GESB said. A 40-year-old male will pay ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... companies (LICs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took aim at managed fund fee structures. During a "debate" over ETFs versus LICs, Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) managing director Mark Freeman and VanEck deputy head of investments Jamie ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... is similar to an incumbent in its process and approach. If they are, he must have greater confidence in the new manager versus the existing one. Alternatively, he might look for a manager offering "something unique," differentiated ideas and return streams ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... being cross-subsidised across members," Burgess said. "Further, without clear parameters defining what constitutes 'simple' versus 'complex' advice, the proposal opens the door to inconsistent application across funds." The SMSFA has urged the government ...

REITs see best start versus equities in a decade: Principal AM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) are off to one of their strongest starts relative to equities in the past decade, according to Principal Asset Management, which sees the asset class as a compelling opportunity for navigating a challenging ...