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Will big super's unlisted investments amplify retirement savings?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... businesses and infrastructure offered significant advantages. "These include a familiar and simpler tax and legal framework, lower management costs, franking credits, reduced currency risk, lower geopolitical risks, and the benefits of being familiar ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... fund has joined a coalition of 18 organisations to advocate for the measure, saying it could be life-changing for women on lower incomes, of which many of HESTA's members are. Looking at its membership, HESTA said a typical member in early childhood ...

Iress records 29% jump in profit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... an increase of 7% - 10% versus the personal conduct purchase (PCP). It added that results are now expected to be at the lower end of the range due to investment in fund registry as part of investment infrastructure, and delayed growth in the UK where ...

Magellan reports NPAT, FUM slide

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
Magellan has reported a drop in its adjusted net profit after tax and declared a significantly lower dividend. Magellan has reported a 3% drop in its adjusted NPAT to $399.7 million. Last year it was $412.4 million. Its average funds under management ...

China records historic trade surplus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... on headline CPI being driven by ongoing increases in food costs (led by pork prices). While China's CPI inflation is lower than levels seen in the US, European Union and other emerging markets, Barclays maintained that the overtopping of the Chinese ...

A solution to active fund underperformance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... added. Offering an alternative solution, Neiron said there are 'smarter' options, that target similar outcomes but with lower fees. Specifically, he advocated for smart beta products which track an index that differs from the traditional market capitalisation ...

GQG Partners net revenue jumps 21.3%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... attractive fees relative to our competition. Our weighted average management fee for the six months ended June 30 was 47.6bps, lower than 49.6bps for the first half of 2021." "Furthermore, less than 3% of our revenues for the first half of this year ...

AMP to return $1.1bn to shareholders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
Despite seeing its net half-year profit drop about 25%, AMP has commenced a $350 million buyback and plans to return a further $750 million to shareholders. Releasing its first-half results this morning, AMP said it has made significant progress towards ...

US Senate passes $1tn Inflation Reduction Act

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... forward to signing it into law." Aside from making a down payment on deficit reduction to fight inflation, the Bill aims to lower energy costs, increase cleaner production and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40% by 2030. The Bill also allows Medicare ...

Office properties here to stay: AMP Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... size and noted it's the largest user of office space in the market. Still, he did say: "Demand on a post pandemic basis is lower than a pre-pandemic basis, but not by a huge amount." Another burgeoning cloud for the office market is whether rising interest ...