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Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Household wealth rose for the seventh consecutive quarter - rising 1.5% or $250 billion - in June 2024, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Total household wealth was $16.5 trillion in the June quarter, which was 9.3% ($1.4 ...

Vanguard to pay $13m in greenwashing case brought by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... Vanguard misled investors via claims it made about ESG screens applied to its $1.1 billion Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund between August 2018 and February 2021. The claims were made via a variety of mediums, including in product ...

Megatrends impacting portfolio construction: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... 'what is the trend?', but also 'what is the opportunity?'." Jacques said there is an increased correlation between equity and bond markets, which is not something markets have typically seen before. "Over the next three to five years at least we are ...

Northern Trust expands fixed income trading capability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... offering, provided through Northern Trust Securities in Australia, targets fixed income trading in the APAC time zones and bond universe. Northern Trust head of brokerage for APAC Rob Arnott said the firm's outsourced trading capabilities would meet ...

TradingHub makes Australian debut

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... of incidents involving market manipulation practices in recent times, including the firing of ANZ staff over the treasury bond scandal and key members being charged from the ' ASX Pump and Dump Group ' on Telegram.

Global X's best three ideas for portfolio construction

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... by sector and geography, he added. Global X's second idea is the use of covered call strategies for income, going beyond bond coupon and equity dividend income with a covered call strategy. "Covered call strategies, buy-write strategies, are for income ...

Melbourne adviser sentenced to 18 months' prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... financial services business. Grimm was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, with nine months to serve, and a good behaviour bond for a period of 18 months upon release pursuant to a recognisance in the amount of $5000. The court determined Grimm ...

End of the road for three Franklin Templeton funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... are Martin Currie Diversified Income Fund, Martin Currie Tactical Allocation Fund, and Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund. The two Martin Currie funds shut on August 22 as Franklin Templeton in its capacity of Responsible Entity did not foresee ...

Australian ETF market hits $206bn: Global X

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... positive market movements, and the conversion of numerous unlisted active funds into active ETFs, it said. Global shares and bond ETFs were among the most popular asset classes for Australian investors, representing 55% and 37% of the total market net ...

Rest rebrands with new look

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
The $85 billion fund has unveiled a new look in a bid to make the superannuation experience simple for its two million members. Rest's logo has been updated with a different typography, exclusively in the colour green. Rest chief member officer ...