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Australian Retirement Trust applies new investment exclusion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
From July 1, Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will add thermal coal to its list of exclusions. ART currently applies three exclusions when directly investing in Australian and international share asset classes across all its investment options, being ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... year-on-year. US technology companies cut back the most, spending $69 billion less than the previous year. Among these, Microsoft and Meta reduced buybacks by almost one third, and Apple by one seventh. Outside the US, companies in the UK were the biggest ...

QIC names next chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
Geoff Brunsdon will serve as the chair of Queensland Investment Corporation from April. Brunsdon is set to succeed Ian Martin, who will retire after five years at the head of the board. His appointment was confirmed by Queensland treasurer Cameron Dick ...

Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... returned 21% for the fund, with the biggest contribution coming from technology companies like Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, and Meta. The technology sector contributed $129 billion, while consumer discretionary followed, delivering $52 billion. Elsewhere ...

Former adviser misled ASIC during investigation: Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
A former Shaw and Partners financial adviser was charged with two counts of providing false or misleading information to ASIC during the regulator's investigation into his misconduct. Kristofer Ridgway allegedly provided false information during ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
In the face of increasing inflation and global uncertainty, local investors expect positive returns in the coming year, according to Schroders' Global Investor Study 2023. Conducted between May 26 and July 31, the study surveyed over 23,950 investors ...

Ireland to create new sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... raised close to €23 billion in corporation tax - up almost 200% in five years, largely paid by the likes of Google and Meta. "This is not a Rainy Day Fund, because it is for costs that we know are coming our way in the years ahead. This fund will benefit ...

Banking sector fears propel family offices towards metals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
Family offices across the globe are increasingly investing in metals as concerns of banking sector instability grows, according to a new study by Tresor Gold. The research was conducted in April among 100 metals and mining investors working for sovereign ...

AI-fuelled narrow market challenges diversification: Epoch

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... more than half of the broad index return. Unsurprisingly, these stocks include Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA Corporation, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, and Google. "When looking at the S&P 500 versus the S&P 500 equally weighted index, just Microsoft and Apple alone ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
UniSuper achieved double-digit returns for FY23, revealing the shares that helped get it there and those that held it back. With more than $120 billion in assets under management, the fund returned 10.3% to members invested in the default Balanced option ...
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