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VanEck anticipates AUD surge

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... outperforming the US equity market, along with the yield on the 10-year Australian government bond surging to 2.70% this week, Australia could attract more offshore investment, adding more upward pressure on the local currency," Chesler said. Chesler ...

Adviser numbers close in on 17k

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... its forces with WTL will amount to more than 600 advisers and $16 billion in funds under advice, the firms announced this week. An early March Rainmaker analysis showed which advice businesses are home to the largest number of authorised risk advisers. ...

US, UK hike interest rates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... interest rates should be and put policy firmly into restrictive territory." The Bank of England also raised interest rates this week by 0.25%, moving from 0.5% to 0.75%. CPI inflation in the UK is at 5.5%. While the US has held off on rate hikes until ...

Global alliance calls for BNPL regulations

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... statement released by Consumers International is supported by 11 consumer organisations from nine countries. It comes as this week CHOICE released new nationally representative data that found 78% of people who have missed or been late on a payment have ...

UK takes steps to remove gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... significantly more than their female counterparts. The UK's minister for women Deborah Stedman-Scott launched initiatives this week "to level up employment opportunities for women". One of the initiatives aims to close salary gaps by publishing a salary ...

Super funds drop Russian assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... confirmed it would divest Russian holdings. "Australian Retirement Trust has instructed its investment managers earlier this week to sell any remaining debt and equity investments and not to make any new investments in either Russia, Ukraine, or Belarus ...

Accenture pulls out of Russia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... of donations made by employees. Accenture's decision follows Grant Thornton cutting ties with its Russian affiliate this week, with FBK leaving the member network with immediate effect. Russia has also been removed from the list of countries Grant Thornton ...

MSCI, FTSE Russell drop Russia from indexes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... accessibility and investability of the Russian equity market, with respondents overwhelmingly deeming it uninvestable. Earlier this week MSCI downgraded Russia's ESG rating, dropping from BBB to BB with a negative outlook. Meanwhile, FTSE Russell will ...

Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... biggest advocates for female representation and mental health following the former Cbus chief executive's passing this week. Remembered as an astute leader and visionary of the super sector, Helen Hewett led Cbus from 1997 to 2004 and was the fund's ...

International hiring spree: Robert Half

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... Recruitment firm Robert Half is reporting that there is fierce demand for international talent as Australia's borders open this week. Robert Half estimates that the shortfall of international talent from two years of closed borders will take at least ...