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HESTA defines perfect merger partner

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... to merge with funds that are committed to responsible investment and have the same beliefs as us," she said. Getting a little more specific, Sawtell-Rickson went on to say that HESTA would want to merge with a fund from the health and community services ...

Douugh rolls out robo-advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... Goodments by Douugh is brokerage-free, the app is also commission-free, with the company claiming investors could put as little as $1 into a range of international companies. The platform offers access to 4000 US-listed stocks as well as a range of ETFs ...

Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... that while there are increasing concerns that these potentially misleading practices are taking place, there seems to be little evidence that greenwashing has become widespread in reality. The number of S&P 500 companies citing ESG in earnings calls ...

Industry associations slam last resort scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... and payments and significantly increases the government's administration costs of the financial advice sector with little benefit to consumers, the associations said. "Responsibility for consumer losses and complaints should be shared evenly across ...

Delta to impact real estate market: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... agreed that the spread of the Delta variant is likely to impact the economy and the housing market. "There is presently very little investor appetite for high-rise units, where rental markets have been particularly soft over the past year, especially ...

Final YFYS regulations out, government "backflips" on admin fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... gouging, it also gives unscrupulous players free reign to fiddle the books and shift costs to the investment side with little impact on the performance assessment," ISA said in a statement. "Through creative bookkeeping funds could still be charging ...

Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... Labor Party proposed removing the cash rebate for franking credits. Despite this, Morningstar now considers there to be little legislative risk to franking credits and suggests removing franking credits would be too politically risky for Labor to move ...

Pandemic hasn't killed retail: Airlie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... contributed most to the fund's outperformance were Mineral Resources, Reece and PWR Holdings. PWR Holdings is a relatively little-known Australian company which makes cooling systems for high-performance vehicles, especially motorsports cars. "What they ...

Angus Benbow leaves finance for fitness

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... business from its early days." Wimp2Warrior describes itself as a 20-week program which is able to transform beginners with little or no athletic background into mixed-martial arts "warriors". Benbow departed Centrepoint Alliance on May 28. A permanent ...

How likely is a super fund to fail YFYS test?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... chance of failing the Your Future, Your Super performance test in any given eight-year period, but some may need to dive a little deeper to determine how at-risk they are, Willis Towers Watson says. Following analysis, WTW senior director of investments ...