Laura Dew

Laura Dew is editor at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK, covering asset and wealth management.

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Superannuation

19 Jul

Super funds wake up to Australia’s ESG lag

There is a “seismic shift” among industry super funds to focus on carbon reporting, according to Research Affiliates, as Australia wakes up to it lagging behind the rest ...

Financial planning

19 Jul

Investors left exposed by target retirement date strategies

Setting a target retirement date is no longer the most effective way to plan for retirement savings, according to American Century, as more people take a ‘phased retireme...

Financial planning

19 Jul

Earlier interest rate move ‘cannot be ruled out’

As the Reserve Bank of Australia vows to hold off extending bond yields beyond 0.10% after April 2024, First Sentier believes an earlier move cannot be ruled out....

Financial planning

16 Jul

Advisers struggling to recommend sustainable options

Current environmental, social and governance funds that only screen out negative industries and are heavy on technology have “hamstrung” advisers looking for sustainable ...

Funds management

16 Jul

Pendal sees performance fees rise to record level

Pendal has seen record performance fees on its Australian funds, rising 29% to $16.4 million in the most recent quarter. ...

Funds management

16 Jul

BioNTech vaccine boosts Platinum fund

The COVID-19 vaccine roll-out may be slow in Australia but exposure to one of its creators has boosted the Platinum European fund after the company’s value doubled to US$...

Financial planning

16 Jul

The equity difference for retirees

Retirees need to consider their equity allocation differently to accumulation investors, according to Martin Currie, if they want to maintain a ‘sufficient income for lif...

Funds management

16 Jul

ESG presents challenge for Asia-Pacific investments

Bell Asset Management is holding an underweight to Asia-Pacific as it is struggling to find smaller companies in the region that meet its environmental, social and govern...

Funds management

16 Jul

Investors more bearish on future economic strength

Investors are concerned around the uncertainty around the tapering of quantitative easing, the tail risk of transitory inflation and the Delta COVID-19 variant, according...

Funds management

16 Jul

Now is an ‘excellent time’ to be invested: Fidelity

Fidelity believes interest rates will rise sooner than forecasts, but because of the current temporary inflation, volatility will increase and interest rates will take on...