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Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
The global manager has launched a sustainable ETF, the first of what it calls a series of sustainable actively managed ESG offerings. The abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Active ETF (ASX: ASAO) is designed to provide investors with "high capital ...

Credit Suisse appoints head of discretionary portfolio management

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
Jasmin Argyrou has been given the additional role of head of discretionary portfolio management, wealth management Australia at Credit Suisse. Argyou brings over 20 years of experience in investment strategy and portfolio management to her new role ...

Vanguard unveils positive impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... life, and lifting at is generically call the base of the pyramid - the needs of those poorer communities and lower socio-economic brackets." Baillie Gifford actively manages the portfolio of typically 25 to 50 global companies seeking long-term outperformance ...

Fed seeks feedback on rules to resolve large bank failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
The Federal Reserve has invited public comment on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to enhance regulators' ability to resolve large bank failures. The Fed said recent merger activity and growth has increased the size of large US banking organisations ...

Government to boost paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... increasing women's participation in the workforce, with further details of the reforms to be laid out by the women's economic equality taskforce which is chaired by Sam Mostyn. As it stands, the scheme allows for 18 weeks of government-funded leave to ...

Piecemeal super taxes won't fix budget deficit: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... to super taxes will not deliver a sustainable Federal Budget position. The FSC engaged DeltaPearl Partners to perform economic modelling of six possible measures adjusting the current super system in Australia to estimate how it would impact the budget. ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... broader price pressures." "Participants recognised that Russia's war against Ukraine was causing tremendous human and economic hardship. Participants judged that the war and related events were creating additional upward pressure on inflation and ...

ETF industry drops in value

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... risks amidst global volatility," Vanguard said. The reason being increasing interest rates, rising inflation and weaker economic growth seemingly push investors towards allocating more of their funds to safer havens such as bonds. The data also found ...

Australia's first global carbon credits ETF hits market

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... executive and managing director Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said that carbon pricing threads climate change costs into economic decision-making, incentivising changes in production and consumption patterns towards decarbonsiation. "The benefit of global ...

IFM Investors adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... Australia. In terms of other directorships, Long sits on the boards of the Climate Governance Initiative, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, and QBE Insurance. She is also a member of ASIC's corporate governance consultative committee. ...