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No place for crypto in insto portfolios: PGIM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
PGIM has made clear its thoughts on cryptocurrency, labelling it 'portfolio kryptonite' and saying it adds little to institutional investment portfolios other than a whole lot of risk. In its latest Megatrends paper, investment professionals from across ...

ASX board diversity stagnating: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... female ASX 300 directors are dominating close to half of all female-occupied seats, according to diversity insights showing little has changed in the last 12 months. The 2022 Board Diversity Index, launched by the Governance Institute of Australia and ...

Risk inflows hit $17.6bn last year: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... QInsure and NobleOak were the only insurers to record double digit growth rates in 2021 while most other insurers saw very little change. While off a low base, NobleOak's inflows growth was 60.4% higher than the previous year; MetLife and QInsure saw ...

The transforming role of the trustee

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... that's 10% bigger than the market capitalisation of the big banks and BHP combined. Cochrane said: "I think that it says a little about the complexity of our lives that it has become very demanding role, the trustee. Demands on management and trustees ...

US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... hikes. At an International Monetary Fund panel discussion, Powell said: "It is appropriate, in my view, to be moving a little more quickly." He added: "I would say that 50 basis point [rate rise] will be on the table for the May meeting."­ Inflation ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... study shows. In contrast, other key elements of investment processes, like portfolio construction and trading, generated little or no positive alpha. For instance, position sizing caused most portfolios to lose value, the analysis found. Of the 752 portfolios ...

Modern Slavery Act needs strengthening: Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... than 40 million... most companies are doing the bare minimum. They're ticking the box and complying, and this does little." Companies that are starting to take action are starting with risk assessments and going into supply chain relationships, as ...

Recession-style policy but no recession: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... are over 65 and net-drawers on the budget, Wood suggested this kind of fiscal strategy from the federal government makes little sense.

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... one-off payment of those on low incomes - just to get them through the election. These measures, Albanese argued, will do little to truly combat cost of living pressures as long as wages remain stagnant. Instead, Labor promises to reform childcare subsidies ...

GAM loses insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... management and record keeping processes and triggered an overwhelming number of redemption requests. At the time, GAM gave little to no detail as to what the "gross misconduct" investigated involved, however the FCA did in handing down its penalties. ...