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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Financial planning

20 Jul

HUB24 sees 141% growth in platform FUA

Funds under administration on the HUB24 platform grew 141% to $41.4 billion in the last financial year as the firm saw 48% growth in adviser users. ...

Funds management

20 Jul

Magellan opts out of targeting net zero goal

Magellan chair Hamish Douglass has hit out at “arrogant” asset managers who are seeking to control net zero emissions in their portfolios although it could offer a low ca...

Funds management

20 Jul

Gap narrows between manager outperformance

The gap between the best and worst-performing managers narrowed in the last financial year with the median Australian equity manager outperforming the index. ...

People & Products

19 Jul

Pengana appoints equity fund manager

Pengana Capital has appointed a second manager to its High Conviction Equities fund. ...

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$...