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US inflation drops to 8.5%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
US inflation has eased to 8.5% from its historic 40-year peak of 9.1%, recorded in June. The drop beat market expectations of 8.7% and comes as a welcome relief for the Biden government. The reason for the fall is a slowdown in rising energy prices. ...

NGS Super divests oil, gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... forward for the fund and its members, and raises the bar for climate action in the superannuation industry," said Market Forces superannuation funds campaigner Brett Morgan. "This policy does not rule out investment in all companies expanding the fossil ...

Barrenjoey joins forces with Kiwi broker

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... institutional clients on both sides of the Tasman. In full, the firms will share institutional equities research coverage from market research teams, a cross-border execution of equities trading and corporate advisory services covering the full range ...

Inflation a greater danger than recession: Powell

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... lesser discussed issue of inflation psychology has drawn his attention. "There's been a shift in psychology in the labour market. For the past maybe two decades we haven't really had any indexation because people didn't worry too much about what the ...

Mirae, Global X acquire ETF Securities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... Global X ETFs will acquire ETF Securities Australia, expanding the companies' global ETF footprint into the Australian market. In a joint statement, Mirae and Global X said the acquisition of ETF Securities would provide them with an opportunity ...

AvSuper, Commonwealth Super Corporation explore merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... administrator and AIA as group insurer. AvSuper appointed AIA in March, switching from Hannover Life RE as it exited the market.

Superhero to offer Qantas points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... changing landscape of retail trading markets as part of the International Organization of Securities Commissions Retail Market Conduct Task Force. The Task Force has identified several emerging concerns coinciding with the unprecedented surge in retail ...

Regulators fret over hobby traders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... the issue. The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation paper on retail market conduct issues, with ASIC to co-chair a Retail Market Conduct Task Force with the Central Bank of Ireland. The consultation ...

Budget Direct, NobleOak partner for life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
Budget Direct has joined forces with NobleOak Life to provide its customers a life insurance offering. The Budget Direct Life Insurance range of covers are available to Budget Direct customers who pay for the Premium Life Direct policy. The policy includes ...

Assets under custody hit $4.7tn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... remains Australia's largest custodian with more than $1.1 trillion in assets under custody. The biggest movement in the market was between the next two largest custodians - Citigroup and Northern Trust. Citigroup had $673 billion at 30 June 2021 ...