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Nuveen, Commonwealth Private partner to launch REIT

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... performance protection. Real estate has traditionally offered investors a higher level of income, strong total returns, and lower volatility when compared to other asset classes, particularly in inflationary environments, Kleinig said. "With this in ...

Inflation drops to 5.6%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
... said the decline in inflation is more modest. "The annual increase for the monthly CPI indicator was 6.4% in May, slightly lower than the rise of 6.5% recorded in April and down from a peak of 7.3% in December 2022," explained ABS head of prices statistics ...

Performance test excluding retirement products is "crazy": Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
... he said. By having a better diversified portfolio, Linden says super funds can achieve higher risk-adjusted returns and lower volatility. "But the way the test works at the moment, it nets out the effect of those asset allocation decisions. We think ...

Small super funds admonish APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
... disproportionally high discontent with the regulator. APRA observed that superannuation and trustee respondents gave distinctly lower ratings for almost all items in the survey, particularly smaller super responsible entities. When queried on APRA's ...

Challenger lowers stake in Elanor

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
Challenger's majority stake in Elanor Investors Group continues to drop as another investor has come in to secure a minority stake. Challenger will now have a 13.7% interest in ASX-listed Elanor (ENN), down from 16.7% as revised in May. This dropped ...

SWFs double in size, eye alternatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... building large, dedicated in-house teams, like the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. They are also embracing technology to lower costs and prevent losses. For example, some SWFs are using AI in their forensic accounting functions and linguistic analysis ...

Epsilon launches second Australian fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... corporate cashflows. "But the middle market remains resilient due to its more conservative borrowing levels and relatively lower exposure to imported inflationary drivers," he said. "Middle-market focused private equity dry powder is at high levels with ...

Pascoe Partners, OpenInvest launch online investing solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... their SMSF's assets." The adult children of the firm's high-net-worth (HNW) client base had also expressed the need for a lower-cost entry point to the firm's wealth management expertise, Pascoe Partners said. Hernadi added, with $3.5 trillion of wealth ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... Jones is making the right move to prioritise fixing the broken state of financial advice under Stream One, which aims to lower the cost of providing advice and improve consumers' experience. "Just 10% of the adult population receive advice and the ...

FSC updates TMD template for fund managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
The Financial Services Council (FSC) released an updated template Target Market Determination (TMD) to promote regulatory best practice in the funds management industry. This follows ASIC's recent regulatory action against Spaceship and Mitrade Global ...