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Thousands strike from work for climate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... challenge of our generation." In time with the strike today, Australian Ethical has pledged to protect five acres of Peruvian Amazon rainforest for new and renewing members of the super fund. "At Australian Ethical, our members look to us to provide ...

Banks face imminent disruption

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... and I don't foresee we will. We think what is going to happen to banks is what happened to the retail sector thanks to Amazon," she said. Wood was in Sydney with Nikko discussing the Nikko AM ARK Global Disruptive Innovation Fund - a thematic fund focussed ...

Adviser of the Year named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... Education award was presented to Ben Nash of Pivot Wealth. Nash is founder and director of Pivot Wealth and author of the Amazon best-seller 'Get Unstuck: Your Guide to Creating a Life not Limited by Money'. "Never before have we seen such a ...

Kapstream looks to Chi-X for active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... is also looking to add additional TracRs (locally-tradeable transferable custody receipts for US stocks), including for Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway. Kapstream's distribution is done by Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners which ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... of preventing terrorist and violent extremist content from spreading online. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Daily Motion and Amazon are among the tech companies that have agreed to the Christchurch Call. As part of their agreement they say they will take ...

Trump will continue to buoy stock markets: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... said, noting the tax cuts Trump supported has been a boon for some of the biggest companies on the stock exchange, like Amazon and Apple. This week we ask if you are satisfied with your life insurance provider. "Since 1900, we've had 20 U.S. presidents ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... investments. Vision publicly lists Facebook as its second largest stock holding in its international equity portfolio, behind Amazon, representing 1.56% of its portfolio. Vision chief investment officer Michael Wyrsch said: "We have been concerned about ...

Digital engagement boosts investing demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... of the participants are familiar with robo-advice, but it's the voice-activated smart speakers such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa that are gaining prominence. Many online investors (45%) believe smart speakers make life easier by simplifying access ...

Global fund launches in retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... the fund, incepted on 1 November 2018. The majority (67.7%) of the fund invests in US-listed companies such as Alphabet, Amazon and Marriott. It also invests in companies based in China, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan and the UK. Management fees sit at 1.2% ...

Young Aussies backing world's biggest brands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... international equities soared 38% among Gen Z investors, 32% for Gen X and 31% for Gen Y. The hottest stocks included Apple, Amazon, Alibaba, Tencent, Netflix, Facebook and Visa. "Australian investors, particularly younger investors, understand that ...