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Inflation still too sticky: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... consensus, and a re-acceleration from 0.8% in the second quarter," the report said. "The year-on-year remains on a moderating trend, but at 5.4% was above the RBA's implied forecast in August of 5.25%." The report said domestic inflation remains sticky ...

Large Australian corporations pay record tax: ATO

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
... reporting." Saint also highlighted the continuous improvement in the tax compliance of large businesses, attributing this trend to the influence of the Tax Avoidance Taskforce which has not only fostered better voluntary compliance but also taken decisive ...

Magellan downplays collapse, open to takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... shadow of the $600.1 million reported in the prior period. Statutory net profit after tax of $182.7 million followed a linear trend, down 52%. Formica conceded that the firm "may well be a target" to other fund managers looking to acquire at a significant ...

Active funds outperform passive strategies - sometimes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... consistently outperform passive counterparts over three, five, and 10-year periods by a substantial margin. Amid the recent trend of rising interest rates in most developed markets, active funds have also surpassed passive strategies in the bonds-global ...

Munro Partners launches new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Munro Partners has launched the Munro Partners Global Growth and Mid-Cap fund, managed by lead portfolio manager Qiao Ma. The fund invests in global growth-oriented small and medium companies with a market capitalisation between US$250 million and US$30 ...

Adviser numbers steady, but shortfall predicted

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
With the number of financial advisers stabilised at around 16,000 after falling 43% from its December 2018 peak, forecasting by Rainmaker Information has sought to determine whether demand for advice over the coming decade can be met. According to Rainmaker ...

CFA final exam pass rate declines

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
Of the 16,035 candidates who sat for the Level III CFA exam in August, just under half (47%) passed. This is below the 48% and 49% pass rate for those who sat the Level III exam this past February and August of last year, respectively. It is also lower ...

Australian farmland values in decline: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... this is a shift from the past two years, which saw first half growth of 11.2% and 11.8% respectively, this was a return to trend with an average first-half decline of 3.1% recorded in the five years prior to 2021, Rural Bank said. "The number of farmland ...

Insignia's managed account FUM swells

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Insignia Financial's managed accounts solutions have grown by about 42% in the past 12 months. The group said there's now more than $6 billion in funds under management across its range of managed account solutions. About 55% of this is held in managed ...

ASIC updates breach reporting rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
ASIC is making changes to its reportable situations regime, which includes extending the reporting deadline for some breaches. Licensees will now have 90 days to submit a reportable situation instead of 30 days in situations that have "underlying circumstances ...