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LongView launches shared equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... practical investment-grade product that exposes investors to this asset class. "Our target is to achieve double the house price index. Houses in Australia have generated roughly 7% compounded returns for the last 100 years, so if the house price growth ...

Aware retires VicSuper brand, expands investment menu

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
As VicSuper members migrate to Aware Super on May 11, a wider range of investment options will be made available to them. Aware Super will finally retire the VicSuper brand next month, just shy of its 30 th birthday. The brand was retained in the merger ...

Morningstar downgrades PIMCO, Vanguard funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... spanning expertise across a wide gamut of sectors and regions. PIMCO's hefty footprint in credit securities leans heavily on index derivatives for managing exposures and extracting returns from issuer and security selection remains a point to watch. ...

March inflation drops to 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has reported a decrease in inflation, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) falling to 7% in the March quarter. ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt attributed the decrease in inflation to a fall in ...

Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... Perpetual Conservative Growth, UBS Defensive, and a range of its in-house options such as OptiMix Growth and OnePath Balanced Index, failed to deliver for members. Several BT options were also slapped with a red rating - Pendal Growth Shares, BT Super ...

Ad hoc changes to super scare self-funded retirees: ASA

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... TSB taxing unrealised profits is inappropriate to the long-term nature of the investments. It added the intention to not index the $3 million threshold for inflation will not provide certainty to people when arranging their tax and financial affairs. ...

AIA launches retail rewards program

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... encourage healthy behaviours. The insurer offers Healthier Life Reward to new customers who are non-smokers with a body mass index between 18-26 and have no medical loading. Customers must also be part of AIA Vitality to be eligible for the incentive. ...

Frontier Advisors tops asset consultant ranking

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... equal first rankings across 10 of the 14 individual metrics measured in the survey, including the Relationship Strength Index, capability of consultant, quality of service, domestic manger research, capital markets research, digital research and analysis ...

ETF industry continues growth: Betashares

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... Fund," he said. The report highlighted the top three ETF products by market cap in March were the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF, the Magellan Global Fund (Open Class) and the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF. The reported ETF growth ...

US CPI inflation rate stays stubbornly high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.1% in March, remaining at 5% year on year. NAB economist Taylor Nugent said the US CPI showed welcome, but not overwhelming, progress. "Headline CPI rose less than expected, up 0.1% month on month, and 5.0% year ...