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Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... interest to do that. That's one tangible ESG engagement point for investors." Baptist World Aid found that the vast majority of companies have relationships with supplier factories that do not have trade union or collective bargaining agreements ...

Financial Advice Association Australia officially launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
... 30. "I urge all members to renew with the new association. The FAAA will speak with one strong voice for the vast majority of financial advisers in the Australian market, as we work towards ensuring better outcomes for advice practices and their clients," ...

Alternatives investors await more corrections: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... proportion of investors plan to allocate less in this asset class over the next 12 months. As for private debt, the majority of investors (74%) said asset values are either "undervalued or fairly valued". "This is consistent with investors' views of ...

Active fund managers historically underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
A staggering majority of actively managed Australian equity funds are underperforming in the short term and across every time horizon, the latest SPIVA Scorecard reveals. Nearly 79% of active fund managers focused on Aussie equities underperformed the ...

Gender lens approach wins: Steed

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... "Right now, around a third of global wealth is controlled by women, and expectations are that within 30 years the majority of global wealth will be controlled by women." This because women are working more, living longer, and when there is intergenerational ...

Advice complaints decelerate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA registered 2211 financial advice-related complaints in 2022, the majority of which concern Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services issues. Putting DASS complaints aside, there were 483 complaints ...

Women-led super funds outperform over medium, long run

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... in senior positions of fiduciary influence, like chair, chief executive or chief investment officer, or where the majority of trustees are women. The sample represents $450 billion in funds under management. Using data to June 2022, the research, spearheaded ...

Gurner, Qualitas close second BTR fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... $1.2 billion in its first fund, fast-tracking its first tranche of BTR assets totaling 2000 apartments last year. The majority of GQ's first fund has now been deployed into four prime assets, which are either under construction or set to commence construction ...

Rest welcomes super heavyweights

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... expertise in recent years. And that the two recruits would further deepen the team's whole-of-fund capability. "The majority of Rest members are decades from retirement, including more than one million members aged younger than 35," he said. "Our ...

Value companies to outperform in 2023: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... landscape is likely to extend into 2023 for discretionary stocks as household savings continue to diminish and the majority of fixed mortgages roll off later this year," McCormack said. "As the cumulative effects of lower savings, higher costs of living ...