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Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... since 2016. She said high average hours worked could reflect stronger workforce participation or improved access for historically underrepresented groups. "But it's concerning if Australians have been working more out of sheer necessity, sacrificing ...

En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... Global X understands most adopt a core satellite approach for their clients. "We've heavily been satellite focused historically," he said. A core product, which is under strategic consideration, could also support its drive to capture a larger share ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... fund representative said that more capital is being allocated to private credit. That representative also noted, "historically, we had very little in private equity." However, in the past year, the fund has begun exploring opportunities in that space ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... is sustainable. The labour market remains strong overall, with continuing employment growth, low unemployment and historically high rates of participation in the workforce. Reductions in interest rates are likely to lead to higher consumer demand and ...

Commodities 'crucial' for portfolio resilience: QIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... and transporting physical commodities, QIC added. Particularly during inflationary regimes, commodity futures have "historically outperformed" and saw great returns in line with economic expansions. However, it is important to distinguish commodity futures ...

Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... J.P. Morgan's research calculated the purchase of $64 billion worth of domestic bank equity by super funds. "Historically, super funds have shown a tendency of purchasing bank stocks during periods of crises, while tempering their purchases during ...

Relaxed superannuation preservation rules will sink returns: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... consultant noted that unlisted assets, which diversify portfolios largely comprised of traditional assets and have historically performed strongly, would need to be reassessed in super funds' portfolios if changes to relax preservation rules were ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... managers since the Global Financial Crisis." The team has also tried to minimise "filling buckets for the sake of it." Historically, CFS would pair a growth manager with a value manager to create balance, but that approach "works until it doesn't" ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... underperformance in both cases is trivial," he said. "The bigger point here is that Australian equity performance has historically tracked global equity performance very closely-casting doubt on how much domestic politics really matters for our equity ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... they want to devote so much of their asset allocation to a single market - albeit one that's been successful historically - when its financial weighting far surpasses its share of global GDP, and when other opportunities are emerging elsewhere. "We've ...
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