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Australia's budget position ranks second among G20 nations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
Australia's budget balance as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) was second among G20 nations last year, improving from 14th in 2021, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Australia's budget balance was -0.9% of GDP in 2023, surpassing ...

TCorp promotes three to lead roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... Roberts and Yvonne Blunt have been appointed co-heads and are tasked with supporting clients in managing debt and financial risk. Both Roberts and Blunt bring a background in relationship and account management, having held senior positions in marquee ...

Vanguard backs current performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... needs to be simple for super funds to explain and simple for APRA to administer. Introducing additional complexity such as risk-adjusted or absolute measures is unlikely to enhance the benchmarking approach," Dix said. She also noted the importance of ...

Sequoia chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... information technology. Sweeney has been a Sequoia non-executive director since 1 March 2019. He is currently the chair of the risk and compliance committee and a member of the audit committee. Separately, Tim McGowen recently slapped a defence and counterclaim ...

AMP North adviser inflows rise 22%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
AMP North inflows from independent financial advisers (IFAs) increased 22% as its platforms business' assets under management (AUM) increased to $74.3 billion. In a quarterly business update, AMP reported that net cash inflows to platforms increased ...

Praemium loses $700m due to adviser transitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... the quarter. "This was a significant retreat from the elevated $334 million in net outflows of the previous quarter. The risk remains that a small number of key advisers who have moved advice groups will transition their clients to a non-Powerwrap solution," ...

Mine Super cuts fees, updates investment options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... defensive option and moderate option. Both will also be offered to pension members. The defensive option has a "medium level of risk" and includes assets like cash and fixed income. It also has some growth assets like shares and property. Over a 20-year ...

Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... Australian economy has shown "almost relentless resilience", but the threat of inflation shocks is not out of view. "The risk of economic 'breaks' are heightened in this environment and the, sometimes delayed, knock-on effects from geopolitical tensions ...

Russell Investments introduces new ESG-focused ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... manager James Harwood will lead the management of RGOS's investment portfolio. Harwood said RGOS provides institutional-grade risk control, active selection and outperformance potential which can be considered as part of a core international shares allocation ...

Betashares plans to launch first 'moderately geared' ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... funds are internally geared, which means each fund enters into the borrowing arrangement itself, which ensures that investor risk is limited to the capital invested, with no possibility of margin calls for investors," Betashares said. "Due to the structure ...
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