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Morningstar downgrades PIMCO, Vanguard funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
Morningstar has downgraded four fixed income products following its annual fund manager review. As part of the 2022/23 review, Morningstar completed qualitative assessments of 72 fixed income strategies. As a result, four products were downgraded and ...

APAC investors cut PE allocations by 50%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Private equity and venture capital aggregate transaction value fell by 45% in the region, excluding Japan, in the first quarter. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence the drop from last year's US$14.7 billion to US$8.09 billion in Q1 2023 comes ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... have assumed that the retailers are the one with the ethical sourcing standards and the moral high ground and the suppliers cut corners. "There has been an element of that. But to what extent do we investors have to think about the buying companies own ...

Industry welcomes experience pathway consultation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
... clients will retain their advice services," she added. Further, the body was also pleased to see its recommendation about the cut-off date being extended from 1 January 2019 to 1 January 2021 taken up. It concluded the extension would capture the experience ...

Top 10% pocket 93% of Australia's wealth: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
New data from the Australia Institute indicates middle-income earners receive just 7% of economic growth per person since 2009, while the top 10% keep getting richer. The data, taken from the World Inequality Database (WID) that shows real national ...

CEFC, Crescent Capital Partners invest in decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... Since it began investing, the CEFC has committed $240 million to investments which leverage the power of private equity to cut emissions, including an $80 million investment in the Adamantem Capital Fund II, and an $80 million investment in the IFM Investors ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... years of deficit, estimated to total about $50 billion a year by 2030 or 2% of GDP, Grattan Institute said the government must cut wasteful spending and raise taxes as soon as possible, adding the problem will only get worse as the population ages and ...

Vanguard cuts fee on bond ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
A Vanguard fixed interest exchange-traded fund has reduced its management fees following a pricing review. The Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF) reduced management costs from 0.15% per annum to 0.10% p.a. from April 6. Commenting on ...

SG Hiscock commences abrdn fund changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... Hiscock, abrdn is reducing fees on its Sustainable Emerging Opportunities Fund. Having conducted a review, abrdn has decided to cut management fees from 1.50% to 0.99%. The change is effective this month. The changes follow a series of recent fund terminations ...

Hostplus cuts Choiceplus fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... S&P/ASX 300, a range of ETFs and listed investment companies (LICs) and term deposits. Platform administration fees have been cut from $180 per annum to $168. In terms of brokerage fees, the minimum fee has dropped to $13 from $19.95, while the maximum ...