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Australia bucks concentration trend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
New research on equity markets from S&P shows the ASX 200 has become more diversified as markets around the world have become more concentrated. "We can analyse stock concentration at a high level by using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). This ...

Zurich expands group insurance leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Zurich Life & Investments will soon welcome its first head of digital and member engagement within the group insurance team, hiring from Aware Super. Ahmad Racheha has been appointed to the newly created role at Zurich, effective next month. Racheha ...

Financial watchdog warns on crypto

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
In a public statement this week, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission ( ASIC) has issued a warning urging self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to consider the risks of cryptocurrency investments. The corporate regulator said that it had noticed ...

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 ...