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Life insurance premiums edge lower

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... However, new lump sum sales edged up 1.3% in the December quarter to $203 million. This was up slightly from the September quarter, but still down 5.3% from the same quarter a year earlier. The attrition rate for individual lump sum policies rose to ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... goods and services have slowed down in the December quarter, including food prices from 3.3% increase in the September quarter to a 3% increase in the December quarter. ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said inflation remains an obstacle for retirees ...

GDP edges higher, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... in the December quarter. Household spending rose 0.4% in the December quarter, up from a flat result in the September quarter. The household savings ratio rose modestly to 3.8% in the December quarter, up from 3.6% in the September quarter. Gross disposable ...

Perpetual delivers 'mixed' performance in Q2

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... performance fees are attributed to JO Hambro strategies. JO Hambro AUM was $37.1 billion - down 0.9% compared to the September quarter, driven by net outflows of $2.1 billion and negative market movements of $900 million, but were mostly offset but positive ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... partially offsetting the rise. It has also improved from the previous corresponding period, dropping 0.4% from the September quarter. Further, the annual trimmed mean figure fell to 3.2%, which is notably lower than the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

WA best performing state, but economic growth lags

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Western Australia snatched the title of the country's best performing economy in the September quarter, ranking first in five of the eight economic indicators assessed in the CommSec State of States report. The state claimed the top spot twice over ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... unless annual growth in the quarterly trimmed mean inflation measure falls to at least 3.25% - from 3.5% in the September quarter. My expectation is that it will fall to only 3.4% - which would be good, but not good enough."

Regal, Magellan book performance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... Regal grew its funds under management (FUM) to $18 billion at the end of December, marking a 4.6% rise on the September quarter. Some $700 million was net inflows recorded in the last three months of 2024. Regal also scored a $200 million mandate from ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... doldrums, prompting the Productivity Commission to declare revitalising productivity growth as a national priority. September quarter figures showed labour productivity has fallen 0.8% through the year, affecting both the market and non-market (government-dominated) ...

Super balances drive household wealth growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Household wealth rose for the eighth consecutive quarter, up 2.4% or $401 billion in the September quarter 2024, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Total household wealth was $16.9 trillion in the September quarter, which was 9.9% ...
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