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First Nations Foundation gets COVID-19 funding

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... spending leaks and learning about financial products and services," First Nations Foundation said. While the series is in response to COVID-19, the foundation says it could have future applications. Research conducted into the effectiveness of First ...

Administrators appointed to IPO Wealth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... he added. "We can and will turn this around." Mawhinney also said it is taking Mayfair Platinum out of the market in response to a dispute with Platinum Investment Management over the use of the word platinum. He said Mayfair Platinum will re-emerge ...

COVID-19 dampens retirement expectations: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
New research has revealed the extent of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation's retirees, with many now fearful for the future. In a survey of 1007 current and prospective retirees nationwide, Allianz Retire+ found that four ...

EM winners, losers emerge in COVID-19 struggle

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... Hong Kong constitution and threatens the end of 'one country, two systems'." These tensions, as well as various EM's response to the pandemic, have seen Eaton Vance shift to an underweight exposure in some of the benchmark's bigger constituents, he said. ...

APRA hands reins to ASIC in AUSTRAC case

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... proceedings for the same conduct," it said. "It is therefore likely to achieve a swifter and more effective regulatory response as a result." It will also operate alongside APRA's supervisory review program, announced by the regulator in December, which ...

Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in surveying the economic landscape, the sheer scale and severity of the global lockdown has been striking. Gita Gopinath, economic counsellor and director of the research department at the IMF, said the "Great ...

Fidelity launches sustainable fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... their investments can have a direct impact on the important topics of climate change and water scarcity," Devoy said. "In response to this, Fidelity International Australia is now launching a global equity fund focused on waste and water, which sits ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 takes second crack at China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
Just when we thought that life was slowly returning to normal, reports out of Beijing have turned into reality what many feared - a second wave. While all our uncles and their dogs blamed China for the "bother" the world finds itself in, its policy ...

SEC charges COVID-19 microcap scammers

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... stock sales. One such promotion wrongly claimed that a heated clothing company could produce medical quality facemasks in response to the coronavirus pandemic, while another claimed the securities of an automated kiosk provider for fitness centres had ...

Mirova chief labels ethical investing pledges hollow

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) calling on European Union leaders to deliver a sustainable response to COVID-19. The letter was signed by Aberdeen Standard, AustralianSuper, Fidelity International, Lloyds Banking Group Pensions ...