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Qantas Super reduces premiums again

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... protection reduced by 13%, while rates for default and voluntary death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover were lower by about 16%. TPD cover, for example, for members aged up to 30 years old now pay 68 cents for every $1000 in annual premiums. ...

Market performance fails to sway retirement confidence: State Street

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... Consequently, Australians have moved from having notably higher expectations than the rest of the world to having similar, or even lower, expectations of sustainability.

Emerging markets well placed for 2024

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... is disappearing or has stopped altogether, and real estates are normalising, while emerging markets are benefiting from lower core inflation, growing foreign exchange reserves, trade surpluses, and prudent fiscal policies," it said. Elsewhere, Principal ...

Bond ETFs poised for growth in 2024: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... companies boasted the largest the largest portion of equity inflows, even with the Australian share market's "substantially lower return" compared to its global counterparts. In 2023, Australian equity ETFs attracted $5.3 billion in inflows, while ...

Commonwealth Super Corp reworks admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... year, CSC said. For members with a higher balance the change will result in a slight increase to fees, while others with lower balances will see their costs reduce, the fund noted. For example, a member with a balance of $25,000 will see a $0.91 reduction ...

HUB24 sets sights on $100bn FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... making up over half of the quarterly increase. The platform released Discover last November to target advised clients with lower balances and collaborated with Allianz Retire+ to launch longevity product AGILE. It is currently transitioning about $4 ...

Saxo lowers trading costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... brokerage fees have been reduced by up to 87% for US markets and 62% for the ASX-listed trades. Customers will also see lower fees for ETFs, ETPs, listed options and futures by as much as 70%. "By making prices much more competitive in the markets that ...

Pinnacle collects large performance fees, writes down OpenInvest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
... no part in. Pinnacle forebodes that in addition to the massive write down, it expects to incur higher employee costs and lower returns from its principal investments, which are valued at $136 million, down from $164 million year on year. Such factors ...

Inflation eases to 4.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... Marquardt said. "When excluding these volatile items from the monthly CPI indicator, the annual rise in November was 4.8%, lower than the annual rise of 5.1% in October." Since its introduction on 20 September 2023, the increase in Commonwealth Rent ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... regulatory environment. Chief executive Michael Clancy said at the time any merger will also seek to improve services and lower costs to members. It was quite the turnaround for Clancy who, less than three months prior, had told sister publication Industry ...