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'Challenging period' for active managers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... underperformed in over two-thirds of reported categories. Of the 8417 unique funds represented across all the half-year statistics, a similar figure (64%) of individual funds underperformed their assigned benchmark. "Accompanied by the outperformance ...

Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... seventh consecutive quarter - rising 1.5% or $250 billion - in June 2024, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Total household wealth was $16.5 trillion in the June quarter, which was 9.3% ($1.4 trillion) higher than a year ...

Inflation debate: Albo says rebates will keep inflation down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... inflation figures released this week were only lower due to government rebates, despite what the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data found. Doing the media rounds this morning, Albanese denied energy rebates were only responsible for a short-term ...

Inflation cools but RBA unlikely to budge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... in the 12 months to August 2024 - down from 3.5% in July, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Falls in fuel (-7.6%) and electricity (-17.9%) were significant moderators of annual inflation for the month as a result ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... insurers can use results where the total amount of lump sum death cover is greater than $500,000. However, in 2023 APRA statistics show the average sum of insured individual policies of lump sum death cover - excluding group cover - was about $714,000. ...

Aussie economy grows 0.2% in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... just 0.2% in the June quarter 2024 and by 1.5% in the 2023-24 financial year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of national accounts Katherine Keenan said: "The Australian economy grew for the eleventh consecutive quarter ...

Inflation eases in July

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... rose 3.5% in the 12 months to July, down from 3.8% in June, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The most significant contributors to the annual rise were housing (+4%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3.8%) ...

What does the RBNZ rate cut mean to Australia?

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... said. Meantime, unemployment rose 0.1% in Australia in July to 4.2%, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The small uptick in unemployment is good news for those hoping for a rate cut. A strong labour force could result in ...

Wages grow 0.7% in June quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Australians' pay packets grew by 0.7% in the June quarter, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows, down 0.9% from the prior quarter. Annually, the rate of growth for wages in the private sector was 4.1%, down from three consecutive ...

No one immune to cost-of-living pain: ABS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... have risen for all Australian household types in the June quarter, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said increases in living costs in the June quarter ranged from 1.2% ...