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Australian wealth rises to $16.2tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... assets contributed 0.9 percentage points to growth in household wealth this quarter and was driven by strong investment performance in both domestic and overseas markets. Households' direct ownership of shares and other equity contributed an additional ...

Four out of five workers to search for new jobs: Hays

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... noted that nearly 40% of employees are unhappy with their salaries and 73% feel their pay doesn't reflect individual performance. "We are seeing a trend of employees expecting higher salary increases over the past three Salary Guide reports. In 2019 ...

Systematic investing in fixed income: Critical success factors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... uncorrelated both with the benchmark and with important risk premia. Being a relatively new field, AllianceBernstein said the performance of some systematic fixed income products has proved lacklustre, with actual returns failing to match back-tested ...

New inspector-general of taxation appointed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... Chalmers said the appointments will help the Commission deliver on its mission of raising Australia's productivity performance and prosperity in a rapidly evolving economic environment. Button brings several decades of experience in indigenous health ...

Global X cuts management fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... are presented with more choice in the market, we anticipate this will further drive demand." EBTC and EETH track the performance of Bitcoin and Ethereum, respectively, in Australian dollars and give investors access to segregated Bitcoin and Ethereum ...

ASIC calls out licensees: 'We will take action'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... not all about advice, it does have a big role to play and the Superannuation choice products: What focus is there on performance? (Report 779) which was released in February, shows there was more work to do. "In this report, we examined the practices ...

Australia's competitiveness climbs world rankings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... and domestic pressures," CEDA senior economist Melissa Wilson said. In addition, Australia's overall economic performance was positive seeing the nation rise from 10th to 7th in the world rankings. "Strong international trade, high commodity prices ...

JPMAM, iCapital launch new private market fund for wholesale investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... volatility. The underlying solution has returned 46.17% since inception in July 2023. However, the Australian fund's performance will differ from the underlying solution due to factors such as fees, taxes, and currency fluctuations specific to the local ...

Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... human resource expertise, her focus is building organisational capability, developing leaders and optimising team performance to achieve success. Robinson worked in HR at QSuper before joining the Queensland mega fund.

US looks towards rate cuts, Australia lags behind

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... rate cuts," he said. "It's worth noting that historically, moderate rate cuts have tended to bolster equity market performance."