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ART delivers 10% for members

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
Despite the lull in the property and private equity sectors, Australian Retirement Trust (ART) handed in a 10% return for its balanced option following a bumper share market revival. The Super Savings Balanced, which most of the ART's 2.2 million ...

Cbus delivers strong returns, grapples property headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... Cbus pivoted slightly towards retail property, resulting in a deliberate underweight status in office space compared to the index. The fund acquired stakes in Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast and Macquarie Centre in Sydney. Cbus has also been "more focused" ...

Inflation drops to 5.6%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has fallen to 5.6%, fueling hopes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will pause interest rate hikes next week. The latest CPI numbers, released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), came as a pleasant ...

The boomer boom is over: AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
As Baby Boomers exit the workforce, all wealth industry participants need to rise to the challenges and opportunities presented by the great intergenerational wealth transfer, AUSIEX chief executive Patrick Salis says. According to AUSIEX's latest research ...

MSCI ponders reclassifying Nigeria, Egypt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... and a gap between the parallel and official exchange rates for the Nigerian Naira, it said. "This has persistently caused index replicability and investability issues for international institutional investors. The feedback from market participants obtained ...

Investors trust ChatGPT for advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... advice, flagging they will lean on artificial intelligence as their trusted adviser in the future. According to the Investor Index study of 1100 UK investors with a minimum of £10,000 ($19k) investible funds, 73% think that ChatGPT is reliable for financial ...

Rainmaker MySuper index outdoes S&P ASX 200

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
The Rainmaker MySuper index reported a 0.6% return for the year to 31 March 2023, continuing its series of positive rolling annual returns. The MySuper index surpassed the broader S&P ASX 200 market index, which posted a 0.1% return over the same duration. ...

Aussie small caps, property funds in the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
... Australian equities sector also had a difficult 12 months, returning -7.1% p.a. on a median basis. The sector's corresponding index didn't fare well either, returning -9.4% p.a. over the period. SGH's Emerging Companies Fund (-27.3% p.a.) ...

SMSFs brace for more reforms: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
As June 30 approaches, self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) must brace themselves for more regulatory reforms that could impact their hard-earned savings, according to a superannuation expert. HLB Mann Judd superannuation partner Mitchell Markwick ...

Labor advances super performance test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... result taken. As for the benchmarks, international credit will now be assessed against the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index, while Australian fixed income will retain the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index. Australian and international listed ...