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Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... 2023, further increasing and entrenching deep inequality between nations. In 10 years' time, Oxfam predicts that the world will have five trillionaires. Forbes estimates that Elon Musk is worth US$433 billion, while Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, and ...

Top Pendal executive joins Evidentia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
Former Pendal head of multi-asset Michael Blayney has joined the Evidentia Group as a member of its investment committee. "With over 28 years of experience in investment management, consulting and superannuation with some of the world's leading ...

Vanguard fined US$106m for investors' massive tax bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... their savings. We're pleased to have reached this settlement and look forward to continuing to serve our investors with world-class investment option," a Vanguard spokesperson said. Chief of the Division of Enforcement's asset management unit ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... 2025 as an attractive entry point for green investors. The finding comes from a Capgemini report launched at Davos as the World Economic Forum kicks off. The global consulting firm surveyed 2500 senior executives across 17 countries and nine industries. ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... pro-crypto stance will almost certainly have a domino-effect and drive changes to crypto policies and approaches around the world as governments race to keep up." Geopolitical tensions and tariffs While Trump stopped short of introducing fresh tariffs ...

Where to invest when local equities look expensive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... than usual, particularly across the large caps," Halloway said. For diversification and better value, Halloway said the world's largest stock market is first to mind. "Small and mid-cap stocks trade below fair value, while large caps generally look expensive," ...

MA Financial readies first LIT for launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... to launch on the ASX on March 5. The fund is set to offer investors access to the asset backed lending space across the world, with monthly distributions and a risk-adjusted target return of the RBA Cash Rate + 4.25% per annum over a rolling 12-month ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... in the league tables. It returned 8.7% over the three years to November 2024, and 24.4% over 12 months. Tracking the MSCI World Index, the option excludes nuclear energy and uranium, old growth forest logging, tobacco, weapons, and banks and new fossil ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... issues." Dimon believes the current geopolitical environment is the "most complicated and risky geopolitical situation since World War II." "You have the terrible war in Ukraine and Russia. What's going on in the Middle East is terrible. You have ...

ASIC names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... meet future challenges." Commenting, Gregson finds ASIC's characteristics "very appealing". "In an increasingly complex world with heightened cost of living pressures, the work of ASIC is more important than ever, and I look forward to taking the step ...