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UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
UniSuper achieved double-digit returns for FY23, revealing the shares that helped get it there and those that held it back. With more than $120 billion in assets under management, the fund returned 10.3% to members invested in the default Balanced option ...

Senate report labels PwC breach calculated, deliberate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
Despite the inquiry continuing, a Senate committee has concluded that PwC deliberately covered up the actions of its staff and the plans to monetise the confidential information at the heart of its tax leaks scandal. A report published by the committee ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
A veteran of the Australian financial services sector, Michael Harrison is being remembered as a teacher, mentor, and unrelenting advocate for risk advisers after he passed away on Sunday morning, aged 78. Harrison enjoyed a varied and colourful career. ...

In need of repair: Gender stereotypes and advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... providing advice. This include pay disparities, career interruptions and longer life expectancies, which require women to stretch their already-limited superannuation further to support their retirement, she says. In practise, Stoncius addresses these ...

Australian Unity kicks off capital raise

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Australian Unity's Healthcare Property Trust (AUHPT) has reopened for a limited time to seek to raise $350 million for its upcoming acquisitions and developments. The $3.8 billion unlisted healthcare fund, which was was launched in 1999 with a portfolio ...

ASIC acts to combat financial inequality for First Nations people

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... delivery, and establishing culturally appropriate experiences when engaging with financial services providers. Further, ASIC's Stretch Reconciliation Plan 2023-2026 (RAP) complements the Indigenous Financial Services Framework by highlighting the pursuit ...

Bonds are back: GSFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
... Fed knows that and that's why they're getting the message out." Miller added that, given it's not a great stretch to think that with a ten-year rate around 3.50%, that bonds, both government and corporate, are now offering the investors are ...

VanEck launches gold bullion ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
VanEck Gold Bullion ETF (ASX code: NUGG), the ETF is physically backed by gold bullion sourced from Australian gold producers, has listed on the ASX. NUGG is VanEck's 32nd ETF listed on the ASX; it can be converted by investors, from their ETF holdings ...

Still potential for dividends growth: Ausbil

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
According to Ausbil, earnings growth will be harder to come by in 2023, however there will still be a possibility to secure dividends despite a slowing economy and rising interest rates. Ausbil active dividend income fund portfolio manager Michael Price ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is paying US$4 million to settle charges brought by the US regulator over failures involving ESG research used to select investments. It comes as the US government reverses limitations placed on some pension funds in relation ...