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The ugly truth: Unattractive fund managers are investment darlings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... Interestingly, they also tend to gravitate toward smaller fund companies. "The reason behind this phenomenon could be that small firms have higher priority in attracting fund flows where good-looking managers have stronger advantages," the study said. ...

Forager to delist Aussie LIT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... the perfect future structure looks like". Launched in 2009, FOR targets undervalued Australian shares, specialising in "small, unusual opportunities". It listed on the ASX in 2016. In the three months to September, FOR fully exited stakes in Qantas and ...

RBA's multi-channel approach curbs inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... interest rates increases the discount factor and hence lowers asset prices and in turn household wealth." Moreover, for a "small open economy" like Australia, the exchange rate channel can be important. Kent noted that when interest rates comparatively ...

I can only apologise: PwC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... exclaimed that he wasn't going to defend the behaviour. "It's totally inappropriate that some of our partners, a small number of partners that are laid out in our statement of facts, took confidential Treasury information and shared it in our ...

Super tax change to impact SMSF members: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... stipulated that other recent studies show around one in four SMSFs impacted by the tax change hold property. "Given many will be small business operators and farmers who hold their premises and land in an SMSF, it's easy to see how disruptive this new ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... capacity will likely shrink further, and some traditional activities will likely go into private markets and non-bank lending. Small but growing market share According to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), non-bank lenders account for 5% of the financial ...

Australia vulnerable to further shocks: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... insolvencies within the business sector have risen from the exceptionally low levels observed during the pandemic. While most are small companies, the report revealed the number of medium and large companies becoming insolvent has also increased of late. ...

AZ NGA acquires stake in $1bn advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... and grandchildren. "Helping young people start their financial empowerment journeys early on, means that they only need small actions now to create a big impact for the future. Parents (clients) who are diligently setting funds aside for their kids have ...

Risk sector grows 4%: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
The life insurance industry climbed 4% to $18.4 billion in the year to June 2023 despite the number of risk advisers fleeing the industry. The latest data from Plan For Life shows that TAL continues to hold the lion's share of the group insurance and ...

Global small caps outperform Aussie counterparts: SSGA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
State Street says global small cap companies have consistently bested their Australian counterparts, offering higher annual returns and lower volatility. The US$3.6 trillion asset manager noted that the MSCI World Small Caps Index has yielded an 8.39% ...