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ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
The integration of environmental, social and governance concerns (ESG) into investment decisions has well and truly gone mainstream - but there is one element of governance that still flies under the radar for many investors. That is, gender diversity ...

Learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
BlackRock Investment Institute shared its thoughts on how to thrive in a 'new market regime', including the outlook for equities and inflation. According to the global investment institute, the global economy is currently entering a new market ...

Magellan loses more investors, FUM slumps

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
Investors continue to abandon Magellan Financial Group as funds under management currently dip below $80 billion. Some $18.3 billion disappeared from the ASX-listed fund manager between December 2021 and February 23, as total FUM now sits at $77.2 billion. ...

Mirae to launch local ETF suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
Mirae Asset Global Investments will make a big play for the local exchange-traded fund market, confirming it will launch a suite of products before the end of the year. The US$229 billion Korean asset manager is due to launch Global X, an ETF specialist ...

Former Hostplus investors tapped for VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
Having just launched their own shop in January, two former members of the industry fund's private equity team have been mandated to run the newly created Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF). Neil Stanford and Brighid Pappin opened the doors to V-Ignite ...

WealthO2, ROAR and NEO merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Managed accounts platform WealthO2 has merged with financial planning software firm ROAR Software and wealth platform software specialist NEO. Wealth02 chief executive Andrew Whelan said the merger will significantly grow the business. "The coming together ...

Inflation hitting retiree budgets: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
Australian retirees' budgets are under threat by the rise of everyday living expenses, according to findings from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA's Retirement Standard for the December 2021 quarter indicates ...

T. Rowe Price launches new impact fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
T. Rowe Price launched a high-conviction global impact equity fund that is certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia. The actively managed fund will invest in 55 to 85 companies creating sustainable, positive and measurable ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Wages growth remains subdued ahead of this week's quarterly Consumer Price Index release, despite a tight labour market. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham expects headline CPI inflation to increase to 3.1% year on year in Q4 2021. He observes that both ...

Sustainability will send some broke: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Efforts to become more sustainable will challenge many firms and perhaps even bankrupt some, experts from MFS Investment Management have noted. In a new research note, MFS global investment strategist Robert Almeida and research analyst Robert Wilson ...