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Macquarie Asset Management launches low-cost active ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... systematic active ETFs provide investors with the potential for better returns. This is because we don't just follow an index, we start with it, and add a systematic process that seeks to enhance returns over index performance," he said. Macquarie Systematic ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... proposal means members may only need to do some bridging units. He said this is important because people often don't start their education intending to become financial advisers. Typically, they pursue degrees in commerce, accounting, business, or ...

Members' attitude, behaviour key to better engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
New research suggests superannuation funds need to focus more on attitudinal and behavioural insights if they're to improve engagement. The latest CSBA FEAL Superannuation Experience & Engagement Benchmark expanded its coverage to survey super fund ...

Australia requires swifter settlement cycle: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Australia is at risk of getting left behind if it does not adopt the T+1 settlement cycle along with major global financial centres, according to operations experts who spoke at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association Conference (SIAA) ...

Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... for housing and homelessness," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. "We are encouraging states and territories to kick-start building by providing an extra $1 billion to help fund the roads and services new homes need, and for new social housing." Treasurer ...

Budget 2024: Chalmers looks to reset aged care, NDIS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... further $160.7 million is being spent to update the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's IT systems, and $20 million to start consultation and design reforms to help NDIS participants and people with disability navigate the scheme. "Whether it's ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Association (SIAA) Conference this morning. Speaking on a panel discussing market innovation, Brooke Juniper, chief executive of start-up Sage, an AI-powered investment assistant for advisers, stressed that despite the rapid technological advancements ...

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... mathematics department at Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New York system. Simons left academia to start Monometrics in 1978, later renamed Renaissance Technologies. The firm's flagship Medallion fund, closed to outside investors ...

Rest calls for removal of minimum work hours for super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... rule and said making the change would ensure everyone, including young workers in retail or fast-food jobs, gets a fair start with their superannuation. "Rest represents around one million members aged 30 or younger, so we know how beneficial it is for ...

Federal Court rejects two CBA class actions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
The Federal Court shut down two class actions against Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) relating to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF). AUSTRAC alleged as early as 2017 that the bank contravened the Anti-Money Laundering ...
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