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Australian dividends surge in 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
Australian dividends rose to a new record last year and investors reaped the benefits taking home a collective $97.7 billion in payouts. According to Janus Henderson, the increase was complemented by an 8.4% rise in global dividends which grew strongly ...

Optimum Pensions urges super trustees to insure mortality risk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
Optimum Pensions has urged super trustees to insure life expectancy and mitigate mortality risk to meet Retirement Income Covenant objectives. Optimum Pensions' ' The difference between insured and uninsured retirement products ' whitepaper said trustees ...

Poor financial literacy worsens underinsurance problem

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
Australia's poor level of financial literacy is potentially making the underinsurance problem worse and puts women further behind, according to MetLife. The life insurer looked at the impact of financial literacy on Australians' financial health ...

Diverger highlights M&A progress, pipeline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
In reporting its half-year results, Diverger reinforced its commitment to inorganic growth, saying a 13% drop in profits is owed, among other things, to investment in its FY25 strategy. Diverger reported underlying profit of $2.93 million, citing lower ...

Clime profits slide, poised for further M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
Clime Investment Management's statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) slid 47% on the back of integration costs and investors won't receive an interim dividend, as it plans for more M&A activity. Clime's NPAT has slid to $236,000 from $445,000 in its ...

Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
Australia has been the best performing equities market globally over the last 123 years, according to the latest Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook. Published in collaboration with London Business School, the report covers all main asset ...

Australia leads the way in pension system sustainability: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
Australia's sustainable pension expenditure stands out from other advanced economies' retirement income systems, an ASFA report says. ASFA's Cost of pensions across advanced economies report said Australia's government pension expenditure ...

AET divestment drives Insignia profit gain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
Insignia Financial recorded a 67% increase in net profit after tax for the first half, while also seeing a drop in its funds under management and administration of $5.5 billion. Reported to the ASX today, Insignia's NPAT was $45.1 million, a significant ...

We did too much: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
Fronting another parliamentary hearing today, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe acknowledged the central bank incorrectly predicted rates wouldn't rise until 2024, admitting he's embarrassed. Lowe explained that the pandemic ...

Government housing measures progress

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
The legislations to create the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund that will deliver 30,000 affordable homes has passed. Minister for Housing, Julie Collins confirmed the legislation to deliver the single biggest investment in affordable and social ...