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Foresters Financial launches tax-effective education bond

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
Foresters Financial has rolled out a new education bond, offering a tax-effective avenue for families to save for their children's education. The education bond operates under a "scholarship plan" framework, allowing bond administrators to benefit from ...

Crypto lender sentenced for false licence

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
Melbourne-based cryptocurrency lender Helio Lending (Helio) has been sentenced to a non-conviction bond for falsely claiming that it held an Australian credit licence (ACL) when it did not. In 2019, Helio falsely represented on its website that it held ...

Former iShares lead joins Stake

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... brings over 20 years of experience in financial services to the role, most recently serving as chief executive at corporate bond exchange company XTB. Prior to that, Howie spent nearly a decade at BlackRock as its managing director, head of index equity ...

Fiducian eyes IFAs, South Australia for inflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
... South Wales during the year located in Illawarra, Ultimo, and Sutherland. During the period, it launched a badged investment bond in partnership with Generation Life via the Fiducian Growth Fund in a bid to "pre-empt the government's proposed $3 ...

High rates impacting REITs: Quay

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
Expectations of a global recession caused by an unprecedented interest rate increase has seen sentiment towards listed global real estate soar, according to Quay Global Investors (Quay) principal and portfolio manager Justin Blaess. While the listed ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... conduct liable to mislead the public in representing that all securities in the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund (Hedged) (Fund) were screened against certain ESG criteria." ASIC said investments in the fund were based on ...

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
Vanguard has delivered a stark reminder of the resilience of long-term investing with its 22 nd annual Index Chart. Despite major global upheavals, including the COVID-pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Global Financial Crisis, Australian ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
ASIC's latest action against Vanguard for allegations of greenwashing in a bond fund raises the question of whether the market regulator will crack down on index providers and other third-party service providers for greenwashing as well. Last month ...

AustralianSuper grows global team with numerous hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
AustralianSuper has bolstered its team with senior appointments in the UK, recruiting talent from J.P. Morgan, BNP Paribas, and Macquarie Group. AustralianSuper appointed John Normand as head of investment strategy for Europe; Sujay Shah has taken on ...

CommSec launches global share trading platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... its total range to 10. Those being added are the Betashares Diversified All Growth (DHHF) and Australian Investment Grade Bond (CRED) ETFs, as well as VanEck MSCI Australian Sustainable Equity (GRNV). Commenting on the additions, Betashares chief executive ...