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UBS acquires Wealthfront, opens multicultural division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... advice. "Partnering with UBS will allow Wealthfront to offer our clients additional value-added services and best in class research that will help accelerate our vision to make growing wealth delightfully easy," Wealthfront chief executive David Fortunato ...

Fidelity hires from Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
Fidelity International has bolstered its institutional capability, hiring Mercer's head of Australian equities research. Mark Vrkic has been appointed as director, institutional business, based in Sydney for Fidelity International. He joins from Mercer ...

Emerald City becomes hot spot for investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... turnover increasing by five-10% this year, with Australia being close to the upper end of that range. CBRE's head of research, Pacific Sameer Chopra noted that as yields are now at record lows and with rising bond yields, future returns are expected ...

Financial services vulnerable to insider cybersecurity threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... million annually spent in 2021, an increase of 34% from US$11.45 million in 2020. The negligent insider was found by the research to be the root cause of most incidents, with 56% of reported insider threat incidents the result of a careless employee ...

CFD trading declines: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... least one CFD or FX trade during the period, down from the peak of 117,000 in 2020. "This is the first time in several research periods that a reduction in market size has occurred, although it is important to note that a comparison of these results ...

Environmental goals edge out social issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... over social ones as the former is more tangible and easier to measure. According to Robeco head of sustainable investing research Rachel Whittaker, environmental factors such as emissions and water usage are measurable and easier to define compared to ...

T. Rowe Price launches new impact fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... Hall said. "Over the last decade, T. Rowe Price has invested significantly to integrate ESG factors into our investment research platform, recognising that the long-term sustainability of our portfolio companies is critical to their financial success ...

Residential property demand to weaken

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... 109.5%. The surge was driven by sellers playing catch-up from the September quarter as lockdowns lifted, CoreLogic's research director Tim Lawless said, together with activity traditionally picking up after winter. Melbourne recorded 19,788 auctions ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... range," Bloxham said. "Australia's low wages growth is not a new phenomenon. It has been a key feature of the RBA's research pre-COVID, and a central part of our commentary. The past decade or so has seen wages of 2% become the norm, structurally ...

BNP Paribas AM appoints wholesale distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... to fill the role of head of wholesale distribution for Australia and New Zealand. Previously head of key accounts and research within the wholesale distribution team, Thira Ngoeun now leads that team, effective January 1. Ngoeun is now responsible for ...