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Funds management

Some 44 per cent of top quartile bond funds in 2021 remained in the top quartile two years later, according to S&P Dow Jones research, far higher than their equity counte...

Funds management

Fund managers should work collaboratively with data providers to minimise greenwashing risks in their products as a positive ESG score can be a “gamechanger” for a fund’s...

Funds management

As the pandemic dragged on for a second year, which global market best navigated the uncertainty and volatility?...

Funds management

Investors will now have access to an ESG-focused global real estate ETF among a number of changes made by SPDR in light of investor demand....

Funds management

Only 1% of Australian high-performing funds have outperformed their benchmarks for five consecutive years, according to S&P Dow Jones....

Funds management

Afterpay has accounted for nearly three-quarters of growth of the S&P/ASX All Technology index as it passes its one-year anniversary and 26 new companies are added....

Policy & Regulation

Deloitte Access Economics may have delivered Victoria a solid growth forecast for 2021 but the latest ratings downgrade from Standard and Poor’s suggests a very different...

Funds management

Despite a global pandemic, data from FE Analytics has found only two major stockmarkets ended the year in negative territory. ...

Funds management

A ratings downgrade generated by the sale of AMP Life has seen the company defending the strength of its balance sheet....

Funds management

Despite the world rushing to find a vaccine for COVID-19, biotech and healthcare funds have not been able to maintain their former strong returns. ...

Funds management

S&P and the Australian Securities Exchange have jointly created an All Technology index which will launch on 24 February and have a total market capitalisation of more th...

Funds management

The implications of bushfires will have a significant impact on consumers, business and infrastructure assets across the country, including a number of sector and stocks,...

Features

In its latest white paper, Epoch Investments Partners explores the impact that passive investing has had on market efficiency, and what investors need to consider in such...

Funds management

Credit ratings firms Moody’s, and Standard and Poor’s, hold a positive outlook on the recently merged retail property group, Vicinity Centres....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

3 weeks ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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