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Market performance fails to sway retirement confidence: State Street

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... confidence in retirement is a function of much more than simple investment returns," it said. State Street, however, sees a silver lining in retirement income policy. The Retirement Income Covenant, with its objective to maximise, safeguard, and provide ...

ASIC investigates iExtend over possible unlicensed conduct

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
... service in the future. Around the time of the alleged misconduct, the firm, led by former chief executive of Hong Kong-based Silver Tree Asset Management David Sarkis, launched a new risk retention option. It also appointed a head of alliance, advice ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... like private equity, and cash or equivalents. Notably, they are less inclined than the global average to invest in gold, silver, precious metals (43% versus 39%), and cryptocurrency (40% versus 33%). The report highlighted that Australian investors believe ...

IFM Investors puts $46m into energy retail sector

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
IFM Investors (IFM) has made a substantial investment in global energy software provider Tally Group (Tally) via its Australian growth equity fund, IFM Growth Partners 2. Tally currently serves over 70 energy retailers across Australia, New Zealand ...

Morningstar downgrades PIMCO, Vanguard funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... us." Further, the PIMCO ESG Global Bond Fund - Wholesale and the PIMCO Global Credit W have been bumped down from Gold to Silver. On the global bond option, Morningstar said: "PIMCO ESG Global Bond continues to be a superior choice for implementing environmental ...

Fraudster sentenced to eight years behind bars

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
Former property investment spruiker Anthony Keith Silver has been sentenced to eight years and six months imprisonment for a $1.8 million fraud. Silver was previously shadow director of Capital Growth International Club and All About Property Developments ...

Rating the rating houses: How much do advisers rely on fund research?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... that level of integrity that supports [advisers]." This May, Morningstar will introduce the Medalist Rating system (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Neutral or Negative) to replace the incumbent Analyst Rating. The methodology behind a rating will not change as ...

Advice industry must change as population ages: Expert

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... Business School professor Andrew Scott appeared via video explained the shift toward an "evergreen economy" away from a "silver economy" and the impact on advice. "Multistage lives where people are of different biological ages and differ in the way they're ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... involved in tracking Australia's four-day week trial, applying a comprehensive gender-lens to her analysis. While no silver bullet, she agrees that the four-day work week could be part of the answer to closing the gender pay gap for women in retirement. ...

GBST revamps wealth platform, unveils corporate rebrand

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... reacquired GBST's capital markets division. DeDominicis said the ownership situation was challenging, but it had a silver lining in that it allowed GBST to move forward with its technology upgrade. "We weren't just sitting there waiting for the ...