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Global fintech Smart expands pension offering to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... will operate under the Smart brand and provide its fintech offerings locally. Its technology includes apps, web access, Amazon Alexa and Google Home skills, apparently making it as easy to manage retirement funds as it is to shop or bank online. Co-founders ...

SEC rules against Amazon pension case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission ruled against Amazon's no-action motion to exclude a shareholder resolution asking the company to prepare a report on how employee retirement savings are invested. The shareholder resolution, brought by activist ...

BetaShares adds e-commerce ETF to thematic range

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... online retail, online travel, and online marketplace. IBUY's index constituents currently include global powerhouses such as Amazon, PayPal, Ebay, Tencent and Alibaba, as well as vertical specialists such as Airbnb, Spotify, and HelloFresh. IBUY will ...

Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... founder and adviser Ben Nash said he works with many clients that work in the technology space such as Apple, Google, and Amazon. For them, the big concern is the ongoing volatility of technology shares and the sharemarket more broadly; they are wondering ...

Not all tech created equal: Principal

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... present value from future cash flows. By contrast, Shah stated that mega-cap tech firms, such as the FAANGs (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet (Google), who already generate huge cash flows, exhibit strong pricing power, and offer impressive ...

Digital advice predicted to soar in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... Xeppo is a case in point, as is HUB24's acquisition of Easton and Class. Interestingly, major cloud providers like Amazon, Google and Microsoft are predicted to make a significant move in wealth management. Amazon already has strong connections with ...

QSuper bets on US recovery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... executive Charles Woodhouse said the investments give the fund exposure to e-commerce. The fund is of the view that due to the "Amazon phenomena" and changing consumer behaviours, e-commerce will continue to boom, with online sales estimated to account ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... per annum while its benchmark achieved 16.4% p.a. Some of the top holdings the managed fund invests in include Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, L'Oreal and Taiwan Semiconductor. The fund excludes investing in companies involved in tobacco, semi-automatic ...

Pendal brings Global Select Fund to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... to most other global equities strategies, namely in that it currently doesn't hold any FAANG stocks and has never held Amazon or Netflix. The fund is managed by Chris Lees and Nudgem Richyal and has been for 17 years. It was originally developed by the ...

GROW Inc ramps up cybersecurity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... superannuation business. Tracer Cloud and GROW Inc worked together to implement Fortinet's cybersecurity solution on Amazon Web Services' cloud-computing platform. GROW chief technology officer David Baxter said the partnership meant that GROW ...