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Index fund tops risk-adjusted rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... normal is the distribution compared with their peers and have to do with the shape of the distribution's tails. The research reviews more than 1100 managed investment products. Macquarie Investment Management products had the highest number of mentions ...

Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... 2.3% in the month of May (from April's 1.8%) to be 9.1% higher from a year earlier. Not only that, CoreLogic's research director, Tim Lawless, observes that "growth conditions remained broad based both geographically and across the housing types ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... Estcourt has also been a consultant of AA Solutions since 2012 and is the chair of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. Estcourt was previously an independent director at Innova Asset Management and chair of Austock Asset Management. He was also ...

Macquarie sweeps Investment Leadership Awards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... get even better and reward their investors with higher investment outcomes," Rainmaker Information head of investment research John Dyall said. The funds management industry in Australia continues to grow, with Rainmaker research forecasting total funds ...

State Street launches dedicated crypto, blockchain business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... Nadine Chakar, currently head of global markets. As such, global head of portfolio solutions, FX sales and trading, and research for State Street Global Markets Tony Bisegna will step into the lead global markets role from September. Commenting, Chakar ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... better than many other countries and territories which experienced stricter lockdowns," Knight Frank head of residential research for Australia Michelle Ciesielski said. "Since then, Australian house prices have been heating up with the 8.7% growth over ...

Mergers push member positivity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... merger activity in the superannuation sector is received positively by members but engagement is still underwhelming, new research shows. The latest Investment Trends Super Member Engagement Report showed nearly a third of members see merging with a ...

Fostering the ageing workforce

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... workforce and they could offset adverse economic impacts, according to CEPAR. The Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research found those aged over 55 years old make up 19% of the workforce in 2021, up from 9% in 1991. By 2050, workers aged 55 ...

Bloomberg expands equity indices

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... countries. The hundreds of indices can be used as traditional benchmarks and can also be customised using Bloomberg's research and data library. And the first thematic index to launch is the Bloomberg Electric Vehicles Index (BBEVT) and will be used ...

Iress hires head of product design

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
The financial services software company hired a global head of product as it looks to focus on design innovation. Amir Ansari joins from digital consultant firm Transpire where he was director of user experience. He is also currently chair and mentor ...