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Brighter Super to close socially responsible options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... reduce fees in January 2025. Following the changes, Brighter Super will offer 16 investment options to members. This is the second time in two years that it has simplified its menu, having done so in 2022 after the merger with Energy Super. Editor's ...

Aussies underestimate life insurance's importance: Investment Trends

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
There is a gap in perception among Australians of life insurance as a crucial component of financial stability, according to an Investment Trends Consumer Insurance Needs report. The report said out of the 20 million adult Australians, 6.7 million have ...

New framework for investors to navigate AI released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... and infrastructure required to drive success in an AI-enabled world," Cairns said. "What we are most excited by is the second and third wave, where we see AI creating opportunities for a breadth of traditional sectors, like banking and mining, through ...

Equity Trustees scores Woodbridge mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... mortgage (senior secured) Australian and New Zealand commercial real estate loans. "We're excited about the launch of our second private credit fund, and the opportunity to provide retail investors with a pure, first mortgage (senior secured) commercial ...

South Australia recognised as 'economic leader'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... activity that was 9.1% above its long-term average level of output in the December quarter of 2023. New South Wales (NSW) came second with an output 8.6% above its long-term average, while Victoria took third place with 8.5%. South Australia had the ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... 81% of retirees believe health is the most important ingredient to a happy retirement. Being financially secure came in second for 58%. "Another issue is for a lot of people their career has given rise to a sense of meaning or purpose and going cold ...

Australia's budget position ranks second among G20 nations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
Australia's budget balance as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) was second among G20 nations last year, improving from 14th in 2021, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Australia's budget balance was -0.9% of GDP in 2023, surpassing ...

T. Rowe Price appoints local operations chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... local teams to achieve operational excellence and deliver unparalleled client experiences," she added. Chamberlain is the second executive to be brought to Australia from another major market. Last December, Richard Coghlan was transferred from Japan ...

Perennial launches new investment fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
Perennial has announced the launch of its latest private company investment fund for wholesale investors. The new Perennial Private to Public Evergreen Fund, called PPP+, is an evergreen version of Perennial's existing Perennial Private to Public (PPP) ...

Commercial real estate optimism ticks up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... going through a period of subdued growth, corporate occupiers are starting to look ahead to the economy picking up in the second half of the year. Alongside this, they are increasingly ready to implement changes to workplace strategy after reconsidering ...