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No surprise advice industry fears ASIC: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... area and that's not what they say, they describe it as 20 years of issues coming up in the industry," he says. "It's overall positive, what I'm hearing and there's a couple of initiatives that we've put into place." Anderson highlighted ...

Will listed infrastructure protect portfolios during market downturn?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... "This is because different methodologies are used by the different index providers, which can significantly impact the overall performance," it said. Another key point around the infrastructure asset class is the amount of leverage. In a rising interest-rate ...

Australia ranks 40th for crypto spend

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... emerging markets in the index. "The World Bank categorises countries into one of four categories based on income levels and overall economic development: high income, upper middle income, lower middle income, and low income," it said. Using that framework ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
The NZ Super Fund has shifted about 40% of its overall portfolio to low carbon indices, in a move that will "significantly reduce" the number of listed companies the fund owns directly. The NZ$57 billion fund began to roll over its indices to the MSCI ...

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... the top 10 was a fortunate position for both Australia and New Zealand. "The GRI report notes countries in the top 10 overall typically score very well across all four indices and Australia is top 10 for Finances and Health and New Zealand top ten for ...

Top concerns of the rich revealed: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... volatility and downturn that began earlier this year, nearly three quarters (73%) of family offices experienced a decline in overall portfolio mark-to-market values since the beginning of the year. Of these, 43% saw a drop of more than 10%. However ...

BetaShares to list new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... dividend yield associated with holding the portfolio of underlying NASDAQ-100 shares alone. It will also aim to provide lower overall volatility than the index. "The fund's approach will be to provide exposure to the NASDAQ-100 Index, and at the same ...

Defensive equities strategies protect against downturn: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... individual stock level, focusing on companies that individually exhibit lower price volatility. Most, however, focus on overall portfolio level risk and invest in a broader range of companies but optimise the portfolio to deliver the targeted level of ...

Increasing number of advisers look to self-licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... acquiring and retaining higher value clients," Investment Trends said. Also commenting, research director Dougal Guild said: "Overall, practices' net profit margins are moving in the right direction. "Advisers are refocusing efforts on new business post ...

Are Australia's wealthiest tight-fisted?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... giving used by wealthier Australians has not kept pace with increased wealth. "Over the last five years, growth in the overall assets held by private ancillary funds has been significantly outpaced by growth in the wealth of the top-200 Australians," ...