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Global dividend income growth to continue: Plato

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
Plato Investment Management predicts income from global shares will continue to rise in 2022, following a strong 2021 calendar year. The fund manager's Global Income Report shows dividend income increased in all but one country (Switzerland) when comparing ...

Tasmania leads economic recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Tasmania continues to be the best-performing economy thanks to a booming housing market, a new report shows. For the eighth quarter in a row, the Apple Isle has outgunned the other states and territories based on its relative unemployment, retail spending ...

Default super delivers best performance in 34 years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
New research reveals that default workplace superannuation funds achieved the best average returns of 18.8% in the last 34 years. Rainmaker reviewed more than 3200 investment options in its 2021 Super fund performance study, which are offered by 238 ...

AMP continues to lose ESG investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
AMP Capital continues to buck the booming sustainable investment trend, suffering outflows for the fifth consecutive quarter. According to a new Morningstar note, AMP lost $69 million over the September quarter thanks to corporate issues at parent company ...

Wealthwise acquires holistic advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
Wealthwise continues to expand its presence, acquiring a 34-year-old financial advice firm. AZ NGA-backed Wealthwise has acquired Complete Financial Solutions, which provides holistic financial advice, as well as lending and mortgage broking services. ...

CFA Institute launches new ESG standard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
CFA Institute launched the Global ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products, a new standard designed to facilitate more accurate evaluation of ESG investment products. The standards are voluntary and can be applied to all investment vehicles ...

Saxo cuts trading costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
Online trading platform Saxo Markets Australia has lowered its trading costs by as much as 60%. Investors trading ASX shares and ETFs will now pay $5 in brokerage fees, down from $6.99. The $5 minimum amount is charged based on the total trade amount ...

Booming market for financial services jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
According to Kaizen Recruitment, which specialises in financial services, lockdowns have not cooled a hot job market for finance professionals. The recruitment firm said positive momentum from the first quarter of 2021 only accelerated into the second ...

SelfWealth to add crypto trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
SelfWealth is responding to the booming interest in cryptocurrency investing by adding a crypto exchange to its platform. SelfWealth chief executive Cath Whitaker said retail investors would be able to buy and sell popular cryptocurrencies in real-time ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
"We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need to really anchor the recovery. We always talk about inflation anchoring and we are not oblivious to that. But the recovery needs to be firm ...