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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Funds management

18 Sep

Low risk appetite sees managers shift to defensives

Fund managers made a “big shift” into bond-sensitive sectors like utilities in September and away from cyclicals, while risk appetite is at an 11-month low....

Financial planning

17 Sep

Knowing when to scale up an advice business

VBP consultant Sue Viskovic has warned advisers thinking of going self-licensed that they need to act “from a business head, not an adviser head” when it comes to scaling...

Financial planning

16 Sep

Advice sector offsets double-digit losses

The industry has regained the majority of losses seen in the previous week, with one licensee seeing a gain of six new advisers. ...

Financial planning

16 Sep

The 3 factors preventing business growth

A recent financial advice market update has identified three factors that are holding businesses back from achieving their full potential, while a business consultant has...

Funds management

16 Sep

How long can GQG Partners’ success continue?

Stronger fund flows and a shift to higher-margin funds has benefitted GQG Partners lately but investors are underestimating the risk of performance mean reversion, accord...

Funds management

16 Sep

Dividends in Australia see severe Q2 decline

Australia saw one of the most severe underlying dividend declines in the world in the second quarter of 2024, according to Janus Henderson....

Financial planning

13 Sep

Banned Melbourne adviser sees order varied with jail threat

An alleged involvement with an insurance claims business has led the Federal Court to vary the orders of a banned adviser to add the threat of jail time....

Funds management

11 Sep

The best-performing YTD fixed income asset classes

For advisers considering their clients’ fixed income allocations, VanEck research has detailed which elements of fixed income and credit have performed the best since the...

Funds management

11 Sep

The overlooked role of capital securities

There is a role for advisers to include capital securities in portfolios to provide diversification within clients’ fixed income allocations, according to fund manager We...

Funds management

10 Sep

Spike in Aussie ETF demand boosts global growth

There has been a doubling of interest among Australian investors in investing in ETFs, according to State Street, and the country’s growing interest is a factor driving g...