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Institutional Shareholder Services to acquire Rainmaker Information

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Rainmaker Information (Rainmaker), publisher of Financial Standard, this month signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions ...

ASIC issues warnings on investment scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
The corporate regulator identified several ongoing investment scams including duping consumers into establishing self-managed super funds, and advertisements for crypto-asset and contracts for difference disguised as fake news articles. ASIC has discovered ...

Andrew Thorburn joins IIG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
The former NAB chief executive has joined Melbourne's Impact Investing Group as a part-time executive, as the latter's chief executive leaves. Daniel Madhavan was IIG's chief executive from November 2017 to April 2021. Madhavan joined the IIG after ...

You can't hate Trump but love the S&P 500: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... products is still open to question. In September 2017, Point Bridge Capital launched a Republican-themed ETF with the ticker MAGA (for Trump's 'Make America Great Again' slogan). As of Wednesday, this ETF has only gathered about US$10 million ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
Pandemic? What pandemic? The S&P500 index the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 2020 at record highs despite the US topping the list of countries with most total cases of coronavirus infections (21.3 million or roughly 25% of the world's total) ...

ASIC takes action against La Trobe Financial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
ASIC has commenced proceedings, seeking a civil penalty against La Trobe Financial, but the latter plans to fight the claims. The regulator has taken issue with La Trobe Financial's 90 Day Notice Account and Classic 48 Hour Account. The two funds ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
"They say that breaking up is hard to do Now I know I know that it's true..." - Neil Sedaka It's been three-and-a-half years since the UK decided and then filed for divorce from the European Union (EU) and 11 months into the transition period ...

AllianceBernstein Australia eyes ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
The US manager is readying its well-performing $1.2 billion AB Managed Volatility Equities fund for an active ETF debut early next year. The Roy Maslen-managed fund has delivered 9.38% p.a. over five years and -1.59% in the last 12 months. It is was ...

Best managed funds, ETFs named

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Too many funds, which one to pick? Money magazine's annual Best of the Best Awards recognise the standout performers. The 2021 awards looked at the top-five across 12 unlisted fund categories and separately, three ETP categories. To win funds needed ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The best superannuation and pension funds have been named in the annual Money magazine Best of the Best Awards. In determining the awards, Rainmaker Information reviewed MySuper products, and asset classes that include growth, balanced, moderate (capital ...