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Scammers prey on lonely hearts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... but people aged over 55 only made up half of the romance scams reported to Scamwatch. A recently released documentary on Netflix, The Tinder Swindler, reveals a complex love scam targeting young women.

Magellan shuns turnaround companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... Nestle and PepsiCo, which owns the likes of Procter & Gamble, Gillette, and Head and Shoulders. Alphabet, Microsoft, and Netflix, also make up a large portion of holdings. When looking to invest in a company, Douglass told investors to ask themselves ...

Not all tech created equal: Principal

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... from future cash flows. By contrast, Shah stated that mega-cap tech firms, such as the FAANGs (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet (Google), who already generate huge cash flows, exhibit strong pricing power, and offer impressive earnings ...

Pendal brings Global Select Fund to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... other global equities strategies, namely in that it currently doesn't hold any FAANG stocks and has never held Amazon or Netflix. The fund is managed by Chris Lees and Nudgem Richyal and has been for 17 years. It was originally developed by the pair ...

Netflix insider trading ring charged

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission has brought insider trading charges against three former Netflix employees. It alleges that the three employees generated more than US$3 million in profits by trading on confidential information about ...

Chief economist update: The devil's in the headline US payrolls number details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... no-brainer. Work for US$15/hour - with all the attendant costs of working - or just eat, drink and be merry and watch Netflix 24/7 while at the same time receiving higher unemployment benefits from dear Uncle Sam, thank you very much. There's the ...

Boutique manager names head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... AM in 2014, offering the Swell Global Portfolio, which invests in global equities such as Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon and Netflix. The fund targets high-net-worth investors, requiring a minimum investment of $500,000. It has about $88.3 million in assets ...

Asendium launches swift SOA solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... launches to all advisers today. Asendium's pricing starts at $650 per month with the flexibility of cancellation "Netflix-style", he said. Discounts are also provided for licensees that want to use the solution for the group. Looking to the future ...

COVID-19 spurs robo-advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... fitness (53%) became a top priority, followed by spending time with the family (39%) and figuring out what to watch on Netflix and other streaming services (38%). Schroders head of intermediary distribution for North America Joel Schiffman said the good ...

Russell launches new super product

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... Australia Jodie Hampshire said GoalTracker offers the kind of personalisation people might be used to from companies like Netflix, Spotify and Amazon - where algorithms predict what consumers may like by assessing what they have consumed in the past. ...