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

22 Apr

Early super access used for mortgage payments

Far from embarking on spending sprees, the majority of those who accessed their superannuation early used the funds for paying off household bills or mortgages, according...

Funds management

22 Apr

Evergreen rates boutique private debt fund

The Wentworth Williamson Stable Income fund has been given a ‘commended’ rating as it had a very high degree of conviction that the fund would reach its targets, accordin...

Funds management

21 Apr

GEM manager departs Fidelity

Fidelity global emerging markets fund manager, Alex Duffy, is to leave the firm at the end of May after 16 years. ...

Funds management

21 Apr

Vaccine delay to curb EMs’ economic growth chances

Those developed markets which have successfully rolled out the COVID-19 vaccine are likely to have a three-to-four-year head start over emerging markets which are experie...

Funds management

21 Apr

Concentrated portfolios crucial for Aussie equity funds

The single stock limit of a fund is important to consider when it comes to how concentrated a fund should be, according to Datt Capital....

Funds management

20 Apr

Illiquid assets use increases despite market dislocation

There has been a “significant escalation” in the use of illiquid assets, according to BT, despite liquidity being “more important than ever” since the market dislocations...

Funds management

20 Apr

The small-cap funds returning 100%

Despite Australian small caps underperforming large ones in the first quarter of 2021, there are still five funds that returned over 100% over the past year. ...

Funds management

19 Apr

Australia bucks small-cap growth trend

While small caps are leading markets globally, there has been a reversal in Australia where small caps underperformed large caps in the first quarter....

Financial planning

16 Apr

‘Boldness’ needed to encourage digital advice uptake

The quality of leadership around digital advice was insufficient to encourage a rapid uptake, according to Ignition Advice. ...

Funds management

16 Apr

Investors move overweight on cyclical banks: BofA

Seeking cyclical exposure, investors have moved to be most overweight to the banking sector for the first time since May 2018, according to Bank of America. ...