Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 321 - 330 of 1498 results for "Aussie"

Super fund advice not useful: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... inability to afford their desired lifestyle, while healthcare costs and day-to-day living costs are also of major concern, Aussie respondents said.

The other side of the ETP growth story

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... also pointed to the latest S&P SPIVA report which found that even when the markets were down during COVID-19 volatility, Aussie equities active managers largely failed to beat the benchmark. He said to the advisers in the audience that this should be ...

HESTA hires former Vanguard head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... Stephanie Watson joined the fund in 2020 as head of portfolio design and Steven Semczyszyn joined to lead the internal Aussie equities team. Long term, Sawtell-Rickson said HESTA will operate under a hybrid model with internal management alongside external ...

Two Aussie CIOs on top 100 list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Two Australian chief investment officers made the annual Power 100 list published by Chief Investment Officer. Con Michalakis, who has been Statewide Super's chief investment officer since 2008, was on the list alongside $171 billion Future Fund's ...

Yarra completes acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... This month, former Nikko AM managing director Sam Hallinan, became the chief executive of Schorders. He led the Schorders Aussie business for six years, managing a team of about 53 working across equities and fixed income. Yarra interim managing Director ...

S&P rejigs index as BlackRock ETF grows

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... BlackRock ETF that invests in clean energy stocks has forced S&P to expand the underlying index from 30 stocks to 100. But an Aussie ETF tracking the index doesn't want to change. Index giant S&P's Global Clean Energy Index launched a consultation last ...

Aussies to lose $100m to fraudsters

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Investment scams robbed Australians $65 million last year and are tipped to lose up to $100 million in 2021. This is according to Finbold, which found that investment fraud was the number one scam that prey Australians. Dating and romance scams (23%) ...

AMP sees 245% jump in consumer interest

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... like what we're facing at the moment with COVID-19 being a catalyst for positive action," Owen said. "With half of all Aussie workers reporting some level of stress about their finances, improving financial literacy can be one way to ensure that Australians ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments will relaunch its Australian equities fund, taking it from ESG to tighter SRI criteria. The $40 million fund managed by Michelle Lopez has so far used ESG criteria (which the firm says is embedded in all its strategies). ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... Forces report found, after analysing hundreds of millions of trades on the Calastone global network. Equity funds focused on Aussie stocks took in US$1.8 billion in new capital over the last two years - but only from domestic investors. Australian-focused ...