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Why clients fire their financial adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... participants, only 185 or 6% of the population had fired their advisers, meaning that breaking up with an adviser is a relatively rare occurrence. Digging further into the survey, 32% of clients said they were unsatisfied with the quality of the financial ...

Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... producer of the raw materials needed to facilitate the transition to zero carbon, being lithium, aluminium, nickel, LNG and rare earths." McAuley added: "Australia has a large, well capitalised finance sector and extremely large savings pool in the form ...

The unprecedented economic forces shaping the world

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... through innovation and "outside the box" thinking. Secular drivers include commodities such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, rare earths, and semiconductors, which are necessary for the digital age. The capital goods required to build a new age will ...

Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... to 2022, according to research from Rainmaker Information, noted the JAWG. "Urgent action is needed, the government has a rare opportunity to deliver affordable and accessible advice to consumers as an outcome of its response to the Quality of Advice ...

Fintech predictions for 2023: Finura

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... providers; "We expect further consolidation, it is a scale and technology battleground, and net positive flows are becoming rare." Finura continued by adding it believes this year will see fewer foreign international technology entrants. "Reduced funding ...

2023 will be better for bonds: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... bonds. "First, while they may have become more common over the last 15 years, municipal defaults and bankruptcies remain rare overall," it explained. "Second, muni bonds continue, on average, to be highly rated compared to corporates." Growth in green ...

Amber Infrastructure buys up NZ assets

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... presence in the country and a platform for further growth. Amber's head of Asia-Pacific Vaughan Wallace said the firm secured a rare investment with a proven track record. "This portfolio acquisition expands our footprint into the New Zealand market ...

UBS, CBRE launch global property model

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
UBS Asset Management (UBS) and CBRE Investment Management (CBRE) have teamed up to launch a concentrated global property model through Praemium. A first of its kind in Australia, the portfolio provides investors with an actively managed portfolio of ...

New ETF to invest in green metal producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... Global X head of investment strategy Blair Hannon said. Metals to be invested in through GMTL include lithium, copper, nickel, rare earths, and cobalt. The fund tracks the BITA Global Green Energy Metals Index and will include companies that make more ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... underinsurance gap, it said. In response to the research, FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said that the government has a rare opportunity to deliver affordable and accessible advice to consumers as an outcome of the QAR. "FSC research shows how the ...