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Retail super funds spend big on advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... with $44.3 million, followed by AustralianSuper with $29.8 million and ART's $20.1 million. Several retail and government funds do not offer any form of financial advice. OnePath's Retirement Portfolio Service, which had $32.9 billion in FY23 ...

BlackRock partners to build $1.5bn life sciences platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... sciences sector represents a growing opportunity to capitalise on the long-term sectoral tailwinds driven by increased government and infrastructure spend, as well as the existing capability of Australian universities, industry and innovation clusters." ...

Inflation falls within RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... unemployment, and persistent wage inflation. Additionally, retail sales growth has accelerated, and the full impact of the government's $1.7 billion July tax cuts has yet to be fully realised. These factors are likely to sustain upward pressure on inflation ...

Jones preps DBFO Tranche 2 for parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones said the government will press on with Tranche 2 of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms that he is preparing to introduce in parliament. The highly anticipated set of changes promise to remove laborious ...

Australia a top destination for international investment: QIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... foreign debt position, which sits at 32% of GDP. This offsets a favourable public sector debt position where gross government debt is just 55% of GDP, which is significantly lower than the global average of 85%," Peter said. "Clearly, Australia's debt ...

APRA questioned on super performance test

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... should be more focus put on super fund net returns. Cole said the performance test is run on regulations set out by the government and any change in those settings would have to come from the government. "We obviously have a super sector that is very ...

Delaying DBFO imposes 'generational' consequences

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is urging the federal government to take action on processing the second tranche of its Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) package, saying any further delay could result in "generational impacts." ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... podcast that Australia appears to be spending a lot of money without a clear strategic rationale or discussion from the government. "Will these submarines operate essentially under US command in the context of a conflict, which will presumably be with ...

NZ Superannuation Fund names joint CIOs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
... its Treasury Bills benchmark - a measure based on the rolling yield of 90-day Treasury Bills, reflecting the cost of government borrowing - by 9.3%.

Australian equities rise, but global markets preferred: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
... cushion any equity market correction. "Australian credit offers a reasonable spread over and above already elevated government yields," Morningstar said.