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Advisers shun major institutions, 500 exit: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Financial advisers continue to ditch major institutions as more than 500 left in the year to June, Rainmaker analysis shows. Major institutions lost 8.8% of their advisers, with 513 exiting over the 12 months to end up with 5361 at the end of the period. ...

Australia unlikely to tame inflation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Australia's ability to control inflation looks more challenging and intractable as there is a good chance the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) could increase interest rates in August, an economic expert says. According to GSFM investment strategist ...

Perpetual global head of distribution exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... familiar with the matter said the decision to eliminate Quaife's role and streamline distribution is not a complete surprise, given the sale of Perpetual's corporate trust and wealth businesses to KKR. He noted that other fund managers are also ...

Australian Retirement Trust delivers 11.3% in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... best [in the] short-term for inflation," he said. "So that's something that I think's really been a positive surprise - is how well equities have held up the last couple of years." About half of the super fund's equity allocation is split ...

Inflation weighing on next generation of retirees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... those turning to digital advice were typically combining it with a relationship with a traditional adviser. "It's no surprise that Gen X, who are often stressed and time poor as they take care of elderly parents while raising children and navigating ...

Innova backs using leverage in super for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... nominal price gains given the median house in Sydney is now valued at almost $1.4 million," Miles said. "It's no surprise then that the next generation is turning to more accessible investments such as shares and even cryptocurrencies." Miles said ...

Family offices up active management, eye generative AI: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... just 12% in 2022, and plan to maintain this level in 2024. "The shift towards developed markets fixed income does not surprise me because we have owned little to no fixed income over the past 10 to 15 years. With the increase in interest rates, it was ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Generative AI, a rapidly advancing form of deep learning that mimics human output, also raises concerns about the verifiability of its results, UTS industry professor - emerging technology Nicholas Davis says. Appearing at the Stockbroker and Investment ...

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
Fund managers that rely on "golden visas" to attract rich investors are waiting with bated breath as the government overhauls Australia's "broken" migration system. Recently, Home Affairs minister Clare O'Neill froze the ability of fund managers' ...

$53bn added to ETF market over 12 months

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... record highs, mainly thanks to the impressive returns from some of the big US technology stocks." DeSanctis said it was no surprise many Australian investors had been using international ETFs that were listed on the ASX to get a slice of that action. ...