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Billionaires club rakes in cash amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... their wealth increase by millions, with eight seeing their net worth surge by more than US$1 billion dollars. The latest research from the Institute for Policy Studies revealed the "pandemic profiteers" that have benefited from plummeting tax obligations ...

Morningstar acquires global ESG ratings house

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Morningstar has acquired a $288 million global ESG ratings and research house, in a bid to empower investors to make meaningful investment decisions. Morningstar acquired a 40% stake in Sustainalytics in 2017, and will now purchase the remaining 60% ...

Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... pandemic that has ripped both economies and lives to shreds. In an interview with Financial Standard, Investment Trends research director Recep Peker revealed 69% of advisers named compliance burden as their biggest challenge, with advisers spending ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... passive strategies had performed well over the last few years, in volatile periods they suffer, Bennelong Funds Management research relationships director Stuart Fechner said. "A passive index investment strategy has no levers to pull, no flexibility ...

Best, worst global equities funds in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... fashion through strong competitive positions, savvy management teams, and conservative balance sheets," Miles said in a research note. "All are valuation-conscious stock-pickers but have been willing to pay up for, what they deem to be, quality. These ...

Managed accounts use broadens

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Latest research on financial advisers' use of managed accounts shows their increasing popularity among advisers with lower-balance clients. Once reserved for wealthy clients, managed accounts are proving popular for financial advisers with lower-balance ...

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... investment industry have said COVID-19 could be the crisis that causes us to take climate change more seriously. Calvert Research president and chief executive John Streur said he sees a connection between climate change and COVID-19. "Why do, we as ...

Recruitment, salaries slide in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... At the end of last year just 40% of placements were female. Today LinkedIn released its new Workforce Confidence Index research, also finding a slide in salaries due to COVID-19 the government's action in shutting down industries. A poll of Australian ...

ETF demand boosts gold

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... strong demand for ETFs coupled with the world's original safe haven has driven gold ETFs to record highs. Rainmaker research shows that assets under management in gold ETFs has increased around 45.8% in the period from December 2019 to March 2020. ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... worse than the Global Financial Crisis. That's according to State Street Global Advisors head of global macro policy research Amlan Roy, who argues the International Monetary Fund's prediction of global growth falling to -3% in 2020 could lead ...