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Budget to back aspiring homeowners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... exists. The Home Guarantee Scheme ensures part of an eligible buyer's home loan is guaranteed by the government, in theory enabling Australians to buy a home sooner with a smaller deposit and without needing to pay lenders mortgage insurance. So ...

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... for institutional investors to encourage anti-competitive behaviour, remains contested. Critics of the common ownership theory have emphasised that large investors often demonstrate a diverse set of priorities and may not be fully aligned in voting ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... First, Sandberg suggested there is some evidence that women are held to higher standards than men. He says the glass ceiling theory holds merit; it is tougher for women to climb the corporate ladder - and those who make it through the ceiling are likely ...

Mingshi Investment Management to launch local offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... research. We believe that to succeed in China's capital markets you must combine the best of fundamental financial theory with the latest in artificial intelligence. This research commitment to both fields is a key differentiator for Mingshi," co-founder ...

BlackRock warns against reforms based on assumptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
In its submission to the inquiry into common ownership, BlackRock point out the theory behind the inquiry is "based on fundamental misconceptions", adding that any possible reforms based on ideas still under debate would be premature. Citing a 2015 ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... would lift economic activity but with the economy a quarter away from another technical recession, rational expectations theory dictates that both consumers and businesses will defer expenditures, slowing overall economic growth. More so, given recent ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... instead of crafting questions which test for the skills required for the job, but we've gotten used to sticking to the theory over time," she said. "We recognise that diversity can't exist without inclusion (otherwise it's just tokenism) and improving ...

Regnan launches global equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... start trying to match products and services that are solving, or helping to achieve those targets. "Then we articulated a theory of change as to why a specific product or service helped to achieve those targets, and then we looked at the scope for solutions ...

Funds management in ASIC spotlight

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
The review of competition in the Australian funds management industry is officially underway between the corporate regulator and Deloitte Access Economics. ASIC acting chair Karen Chester said the review seeks to identify where "competition is effective ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... risks associated with meat and dairy either - rather, the pandemic has highlighted another risk factor. The mainstream theory on the origin of COVID-19 is that it was spread via a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan originally. FAIRR found that 73% ...