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Chalmers 'confident but not complacent' on economic prospects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has spoken out on the likelihood of Australia falling victim to the impacts of a potential US recession. This comes after global markets sustained a major sell-off, with the ASX losing $102 billion on Monday, after US data revealed ...

Vision Super closes property, infrastructure options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Vision Super is closing its Property and Infrastructure options, while also removing the asset classes from one of its balanced offerings. Effective October 4, Vision Super's Property and Infrastructure options will be closed to members, with Vision ...

'Unrealistic overconfidence' major issue for new advice clients

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
A new report has identified how financial advice firms can bridge the value gap for prospective clients to get them on their books. Netwealth's 2024 Advisable Australian research, conducted in partnership with The Lab Strategy, found the barriers to ...

Most Australians proactively retire: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
Two-thirds of Australians with guaranteed income streams are proactively retiring with fewer worries and are doing so to enjoy their twilight years, contrary to popular belief, a new study reveals. Research from Macquarie University's School of ...

FEAL names Fund Executive of the Year

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
In its 23rd year of running, the award recipient was announced at an event in Melbourne last night. Brighter Super chief executive Kate Farrar was awarded Fund Executive Association Limited's (FEAL) Fund Executive of the Year Award. Farrar was recognised ...

BlackRock bolsters suite of SMAs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... advisers' and investors' individual investment preferences and risk tolerance. The portfolios are available at an all-in SMA fee of 0.74%-0.85% p.a. across the risk profiles, excluding platform administration fees. The portfolios are designed to provide ...

Russell Investments default option returns up to 12.3%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
Russell Investments' default lifecycle investment option, GoalTracker, posted returns ranging from 9.2% to 12.3% last financial year. Since its inception in March 2020, GoalTracker has delivered average annual returns of 8.3%-11.3%. Russell Investments ...

ASIC proposes cash equity clearing and settlement rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
ASIC has released a consultation paper on proposed rules to facilitate competitive outcomes in cash equity clearing and settlement (CS) services provided by the ASX Group. The corporate regulator's release of the consultation paper marks the first exercise ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
IFM Investors has partnered with ASX-listed firms GrainCorp and Ampol in a bid to establish the country's fledgling renewable fuels industry. The three organisations committed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to help reduce emissions ...

Adviser profits up despite client loss: Investment Trends

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
Financial advisers may have lost nearly 18% of their client books because of fee increases in the last financial year but are reporting higher profit margins, a new Investment Trends analysis shows. Advisers went from servicing 120 clients on average ...