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Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... though its quarterly performance undershot the benchmark. The sovereign wealth fund returned 1.2% for the March quarter, below the 1.9% target. However, over the long run, the fund has made a habit of beating the brief. It has returned 7.5% per annum ...

Wealth managers' recovery looks promising: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... business and resolving legacy issues is proving to be more complex and expensive than initially expected, leading to large below-the-line cash outflows in the near term." As competition in the platform's superannuation and wrap space heats up, Morgan ...

Mantis to distribute new micro cap offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... capital constraints micro-cap companies face," Canham said. "We see this part of the market as very under-researched and below the radar of the passive investor cohort. Valuations are as attractive as I have seen across my career." Farwerck added: "Our ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... expenses, while the Coalition promised a one-off $10 billion cost-of-living 'tax offset' of up to $1200 to Australians earning below $144,000. Chartered Accountants ANZ's chief economist Richard Holden said housing and tax policy announcements from both ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... they are an authorised representative. A CAR will not be required in all circumstances, including for small investments below a threshold amount and where the client has already received a CAR and their circumstances have not drastically changed. When ...

GDP edges higher, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... data was broadly in line with expectations, but questions remain over how sustainable it may be. "While GDP is still well below Australia's historical average (3.34% annual growth), the modest GDP growth in an environment of tighter monetary policy ...

ClearView Wealth's profit bleeds 22% in HY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... "normalised" in the subsequent quarter, thereby restoring the margin from 4% to 11% in the period. However, it sits 2.9% below the previous corresponding period. Gross premiums have, however, increased 8% year on year to $191.4 million. In-force premiums ...

The productivity problem: Good ideas never put to use

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... over the past two decades. Multifactor productivity in the market sector rose by 0.1% between 2022-23 and 2023-24. This was below the 20-year average annual rate of 0.3%, and far below the 1.6% annual rate recorded between 1994-95 to 2003-04. PC deputy ...

Australian Ethical delivers strong half-year results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... January, a 27% increase on the first half of 2024. Its superannuation sector reported positive net flows of $194 million, below the comparative half due to the seven-week limited-service period covering the transition of its administration service. However ...

Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... Tagg said. "We're probably looking around 2% [GDP growth] this year in our view, although right now it's sitting below 1%...," Tagg said. "Consider the annual GDP growth of Australia over our top trading partners this century... given the aggregate ...