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Financial stress devastating Australian lives: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... experience in low-income households, but it felt more broadly. Respondents on salaries of up to $150,000 a year with investments of up to $750,000 were only marginally less financially-stressed than those who earned up to $90,000 with investments of ...

Millennials choosing stock market over housing market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... response to the growing interest from millennials, CommSec has halved online brokerage fees for small trades to make investments of $1000 or less more affordable. The analysis also shows that many younger investors demonstrate a fondness for blue chip ...

Russell Investments secures $1.9bn mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
Global asset manager Russell Investments has been appointed by the Tasmanian Public Sector Superannuation Commission to manage $1.9 billion in defined benefit assets. Under the agreement, Russell will act as implemented investment consultant for the ...

Powerwrap launches SMA service

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... tax associated with managed funds. Historically reserved for high net worth individuals with access to minimum investments of $500,000 or more, improved technology has meant SMAs are now more affordable for the average investor, with the ability to invest ...

Funeral bonds on the minds of advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... there can be significant financial planning advantages associated with investing in funeral bonds," Cooper said. "Investments of up to $12,250 are currently exempt from Centrelink and the Department of Veterans' Affairs income and assets tests, which ...

HESTA investment analyst collects ESG award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... the pioneering work of O'Sullivan in insisting ESG principles were interwoven in the risk profile of long term investments of member funds. ACSI said the award aims to advance the ESG agenda through development of the next generation of ESG advocates ...

Impact investing on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... Life Investments head of responsible investment Amanda Young said institutional investors will grow their impact investments of the back of rising millennial interest. "The millennials have grown in an era of unprecedented change. They've grown up in ...

CFA societies launch advocacy council

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
A newly formed regional advocacy council for Australia and New Zealand is aiming to champion ethical behaviour and leadership in investment markets as well as set benchmarks to improve market integrity. The council is being run by Chartered Financial ...

Man Diversified Alternatives recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Zenith Investment partners has reaffirmed its 'recommended' rating for the Man Diversified Alternatives fund with it ranking highest among its peer group in the researcher's 2015 Multi Strategy and Fund of Hedge Funds Sector Report. Man Group is one ...

Multimillionaires still love property above everything else

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... HNW's alternative investments, 23.6% is in private equity. The report surveyed wealthy Australians' preferred "investments of passion" and found that their highest allocation, 27.3%, was in jewelry, gems and watches. Luxury collectives accounted for ...