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Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... he said. "The RBA recently downgraded its medium-term outlook for productivity from 1% annual growth to 0.7% - the first time it has done so since COVID. Treasurer Jim Chalmers recently called it the most serious economic challenge facing the economy ...

Three retirement products achieve double-digit returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... funds ESSSuper Income Streams Balanced and Super SA Income Stream Balanced recorded 8.6% p.a. respectively. For the first time in June, APRA began examining more than 200 retirement products that hold $490 billion in members' retirement savings. ...

Perpetual to launch fixed income active ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... diversified portfolio of liquid, mainly investment-grade credit securities, with no investment minimum. This will mark the first time Perpetual has made a credit and fixed income strategy available via an ASX-listed active ETF. Perpetual said DIFF will ...

North inflows jump 60%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... the year to June 30. Meanwhile, the superannuation and investments business delivered positive net cashflows for the first time since 2017. This reflects the impact of ongoing retention initiatives, including the launch of digital advice and the recent ...

Adviser exam pass rate drops once again

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... of candidates passing. In the June 5 exam cycle, a total of 237 people sat the exam; 75% (179) sat the exam for the first time. Eighty people (34%) have failed the exam, and will receive general feedback from Australian Council for Educational Research ...

Prime Value expands microcap fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... designed for Significant Investor Visa (SIV) investors, the strategy will be made accessible to retail investors for the first time under the new structure and name. The federal government canned the Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP) ...

APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... $490 billion in members' retirement savings have come under the watchful eye of prudential regulator APRA for the first time. APRA's latest statistics for the March 2025 period breaks down the state of retirement products the superannuation sector ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... turning more domestic, isolated and opaque," GlobalSWF said. "As a result, the average governance score decreased for the first time since 2020." Meanwhile, sustainability scores slightly recovered this year as funds continued to pursue responsible investing. ...

Middle Australia on track for 'comfortable retirement': ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
Thanks to a subtle shift in superannuation policy, a 30-year-old Australian earning the median wage is, for the first time, on the path to achieve a comfortable retirement, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA ...

Apostle launches CastleKnight Management in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... Apostle Funds Management is bringing CastleKnight Management, a US$2.2 billion hedge fund manager, to Australia for the first time. New York-based CastleKnight will help Apostle deliver wholesale and institutional strategies by investing in mispriced ...