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Vanguard ETFs record most consistent monthly net flows: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
Vanguard ETFs have recorded the most consistent inflows of any manager over the past two years, according to Rainmaker Information. Over the two years to December 2024, monthly net flows to its ETFs showed an autocorrelation of 0.59 - a statistical ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... the median return of Super Ratings' 50 Balanced index while taking on significantly lower portfolio volatility compared to most funds. Its defined contribution growth fund has delivered top quartile returns over three- and five-year periods. "We're fortunate ...

SQM places private credit sector on watch

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... likely to occur within wholesale funds and new products. In the last 12 months, the research house has screened out 20 funds, most of which were wholesale offerings. SQM managing director Louis Christopher said he expects the same level of transparency ...

TAL nabs AIA strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... manager from rival AIA Australia. John Archer was at AIA for two years, joining from CommInsure where he spent 17 years, most recently as the executive manager of investment strategy. Archer moved across to AIA when the life office bought CommInsure ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... loopholes are not closed, it will be a missed opportunity for consumer protection in Europe." As for the investment managers most significantly exposed to fossil fuels, the research showed JPMorgan Chase in the lead, followed by DWS, BlackRock, Allianz ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
The ASX recorded its biggest-ever ETF market turnover in a day earlier this month, hitting a whopping $2 billion on March 6, largely thanks to BlackRock reducing its equities exposure and shoring up defensive assets within its model portfolios. The ...

Super fund consolidation to accelerate: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Australia's superannuation industry is poised for accelerated consolidation, with most existing funds set to disappear, according to a Mercer report. The report noted that during the 2023/24 financial year, the number of APRA-regulated super funds declined ...

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... He said the RBA should have lowered the interest rate as early as August last year. Despite a later rate cut comparing to most central banks around the world, Australia is positioned "bang in the middle" amongst other developed countries in reaching ...

CFS Edge, North enhance platform capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... advisers, streamlining both their compliance and client engagement capabilities. "The annual review process is one of the most important interactions that advisers have with their clients, and we've done a lot of work in understanding how to simplify ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... US$11.5 trillion. Year13 co-founder and co-chief executive Will Stubley said the school-to-work transition is one of the most pivotal phases in a young person's life and that more attention is needed to be placed on post-school options during high school ...