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

29 Jul

Brits buying US dollar in advance of no-deal Brexit

Brits are taking advantage of a weaker US economy to buy dollars in advance of a hard or no-deal Brexit scenario possibly leading to a plunge in sterling....

Funds management

28 Jul

Cor Capital maintains 'essential' 25% cash weighting

Cor Capital has failed to be deterred by queries and is maintaining its 25% weighting to cash, saying it is ‘essential’ to the fund’s outperformance. ...

Funds management

28 Jul

Companies hang onto dividends despite pandemic worries

Some 40% of global companies managed to increase or initiate a dividend during the second quarter of 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic causing many firms to cancel divi...

Funds management

27 Jul

Nucleus Wealth introduces diversity metric

The rise of issues such as Black Lives Matter has prompted Nucleus Wealth to allow investors to remove companies from their portfolio it there was not enough gender diver...

Financial planning

24 Jul

Aussies fearful of costs in uncertain environment

Some 40% of Australians say they are living paycheque to paycheque in this uncertain environment, according to Finder, as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announces Australia’s ...

Funds management

24 Jul

Magellan bucks downward market trend for financials

Magellan Financial Group is the only listed financial firm to have reported positive returns in the first half of 2020 with returns of 3.1% as the company funds under man...

Funds management

24 Jul

Which EM markets have been most affected by COVID-19?

There has been a divide between the outcomes of emerging markets and the effect of COVID-19, making it important for investors to consider their allocations rather than t...

Funds management

24 Jul

Appeal for fixed income ETPs declines

As the market share of fixed income exchange traded products declines, how have the funds themselves performed over the turbulent first half of 2020?...

Funds management

24 Jul

IPO plans rewarded with share price gains

Firms were quick to withdraw listing plans from the Australian Securities Exchange this year, but those companies that stuck with their plans have been rewarded with shar...

Funds management

23 Jul

Fixed income ETP’s appeal declines

The market share of fixed income exchange traded products declined from 30% in 2019 to just 3% in the first half of 2020 as investors favoured equities instead during a v...