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Industry fund sees 252% increase in digital advice use

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
An industry superannuation fund has seen interactions with its online financial advice tool more than double year-on-year. Rest Online Advice interactions increased by 252% in the 2019/2020 financial year compared to the previous year. In total Rest ...

Personal finance app retires Australian business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
A personal finance management app provider has been hit by several forces such as COVID-19, forcing it out of the Australian market. Moneytree will discontinue services in Australia from 15 January 2021. Moneytree LINK, a financial data platform for ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... the same time, uncertainty remains high, including with regard to the dynamics of the pandemic and the timing of vaccine roll-outs. "We will also continue to monitor developments in the exchange rate with regard to their possible implications for the ...

Chief economist update: China keeps on going and going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... even more to 4.9% in the September quarter. The latest Caixin China PMI surveys portend the growing times will continue to roll. I won't bore you with the details but here's the picture......and Caixin's headlines and key findings: Caixin ...

Coolabah to manage Contango fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Christopher Joye's Coolabah Capital has been appointed to manage a floating-rate bond fund from Contango Asset Management. The Switzer Higher Yield Fund (or SHYF) will aim for 1.5% to 3% over RBA cash rate on a rolling 12-month basis. The fund will ...

Climate change-focused fund introduced

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Aviva Investors has launched a climate-change related fund that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index ...

International consortium sets sights on Optus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
A consortium of investors including a $116 billion Canadian pension fund has appointed financial advisers to participate in the upcoming sale of Optus towers. Symphony Consortium, consisting of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Australia's second largest super fund has managed to reduce the carbon footprint of its equities portfolio by 40%. The $130 billion industry fund (formerly First State Super) has created a series of new listed equities benchmarks that will support the ...

Chief economist update: Dow 30 thousand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
"Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffett History is again bearing witness to the "Sage of Omaha's" widely-known investing principle for who would have dreamed that the US equity market would rally ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The Australian dollar is back! Back above the US$0.73 level that is. The Australian currency rose to around this level back in late-August/early-September after the US Federal Reserve announced a shift into a lower for longer strategy - suggesting that ...