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75% of Aussies don't understand group cover: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... superannuation accounts - but in practice it means people won't have the right cover for their circumstances," Puli said. "The average Australian changes jobs 12 times throughout their lifetime. In that time, they may get married, have kids, buy a home ...

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... rise 20%. While both should moderate in the following years, they are expected to remain well above the recent five-year average. Prices are also dependent on the length of the war in Ukraine and any additional sanctions imposed on Russia, the World ...

Centuria acquires $115m in assets

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... diversified portfolio acquisition of medical centres and mixed-use healthcare real estate provides a blended weighted average lease expiry of approximately eight years and 100% occupancy. "In the past, healthcare operators have needed to adapt older ...

SMSF establishments on the rise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... advice." AUSIEX found the proportion of Millennial advised SMSF clients has also quadrupled in the past decade, and the average age of the principal contact on new SMSF trading account is down from 67 in 2012 to 59 in 2022. There are also more women ...

APRA, ASIC publish life claims and disputes data

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... stabilising at a paltry 20%. Moreover, despite the increase in claims paid ratios for TPD insurance, it had the longest average claims process duration; funeral insurance had the shortest time frame. The report claimed the variances in claims processing ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... analysis found. Of the 752 portfolios analysed, the process of sizing positions generated a drag of -11 basis points on average, meaning weighting decisions added marginally negative alpha, Inalytics said. "Only 46% of portfolios generate alpha from ...

AustralianSuper drops premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
AustralianSuper is decreasing some of its insurance premiums from May end, with members to see an average drop of 11%. From May 28, the cost of death, TPD and income protection will change depending on their cover type and work rating, the fund said. ...

ETF growth slows but investors remain resilient

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... However, an indication that investor caution is still very much present, inflow figures are still relatively low compares to average net flow figures over the last 12 months. Voicing a similar sentiment, a separate Vanguard statement concluded that global ...

Fund inflows drop sharply: Calastone

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... the value of new cash investors committed between January and March 2022 plunged to A$1.2 billion, down from a quarterly average of A$3.8 billion last year. 2022 has begun poorly, inflows in January fell by almost more than 40% to A$581 million compared ...

28% of super products rated AAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... and REI Super. "Superannuation returns had one of the best years on record in the 2020/21 financial year, returning an average of almost 19%. And even despite the recent market corrections due to world events, average returns are still in the double ...