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YFYS could dampen ESG adoption: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
The Your Future, Your Super reforms could potentially threaten the adoption of sustainable investing strategies, new research from Parametric shows. Parametric's analysis focused on super fund portfolio tracking error, which is a key driver of YFYS ...

Aussie investors retain home bias: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
Australian investors remain bullish on domestic equities, with more than a third expecting them to generate the greatest yields in 2022, new research show. The latest report from Investment Trends highlights a relatively optimistic outlook from investors ...

New trading platform to enter Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
Moomoo has announced it will launch in Australia, its third market after the US and Singapore. The company will position itself locally as a premium online trading platform. It has been granted an Australian Financial Services Licence by ASIC. Moomoo ...

Magellan loses significant mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 DEC 2021
Magellan Financial Group has lost a key mandate from UK wealth manager St James' Place. After requesting a trading halt Friday afternoon, this morning Magellan confirmed to the ASX that it had lost the mandate from St James' Place. The company's share ...

Firetrail Investments launches global equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
The new fund is led by Patrick Hodgens, James Miller, and Justin Gray, who have worked together for more than 15 years running high conviction investment strategies. The Firetrail S3 Global Opportunities Fund aims to outperform the MSCI Global Index ...

Super for home deposits could ignite new boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
Research from the McKell Institute has suggested that allowing home buyers to dip into their superannuation for a deposit could ignite a further house price boom. The report, Mortgaging Our Future, used modelling to project the effect on the housing ...

Prime Minister announces reverse mortgage scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed a reverse mortgage scheme for pensioners. During a radio interview with Spencer Howson, Morrison said the mid-year budget will include a cash access scheme for pensioners. "We've had a pension loan scheme ...

CFS launches low cost geared index options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Colonial First State (CFS) has today launched two new geared index options through its $109 billion FirstChoice platform, giving investors leveraged exposure to local and global markets. The first passively managed geared investment options to be offered ...

Wealthy overlook digital experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Wealthy investors tend to shun technology and prefer to keep track of their assets manually, according to Praemium. The survey, conducted with Investment Trends, suggests a minority of high-net-worth investors (11%) access an online digital portal and ...

Domestic bias swells for HNWIs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
Cash, and local equities and property continue to be the preferred asset classes of the rich, according to a new report. High-net-worth individuals' love affair with domestic shares jumped from 56.4% three years ago to 73.4% in 2021, Crestone Wealth ...