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Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
It is 10 years since more than 1000 people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety ...

MA Financial buys marinas, launches fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
The $225 million purchase of d'Albora marina off Balmain Corporation (Balmain) has seeded a new fund for MA Financial, the MA Marina Fund. d'Albora is Australia's largest marina network consisting of 10 marinas located across Australia's eastern seaboard. ...

Viridian picks up advice firm

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
... under its existing brand. As part of the deal, Viridian said it plans to leverage the digital capabilities of the firm, a big user of video SoAs. Meanwhile, Viridian's investment in cybersecurity and digital advice technology will benefit existing EFS ...

Apple dives deeper into financial services

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... the space has caused some concern for regulators, last year the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched an inquiry into big tech firms like Google, Facebook Amazon and Apple entering financial markets with fears the competition could harm the space. ...

Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... improvement," he said. "But in the medium term, the pressures on our budget are actually intensifying rather than easing. "Those big pressures and borrowing costs - NDIS, healthcare, aged care and defence - they are putting additional pressure on the ...

Treasury urged to consider housing in super objective

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
The wording of the government's objective of superannuation should be changed to ensure the aim is to "help Australians have a genuinely successful retirement", a key component of which is home ownership, the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) ...

US CPI inflation rate stays stubbornly high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... inflation. "Measures of the 'inflation pulse' remain elevated even if there are some signs of good news," Miller said. "The big question regarding future inflation has been over the trajectory of services inflation. There is some evidence of slight moderation ...

Long pause likely from RBA: Economist

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... that's available within the economy. And that's why inflation is too high," he pointed out. "The consumer will be a big driver of that." Growth will slow but an outright recession is not penciled in for Australia, he said. Listen to the latest ...

Global X launches new Australian equity ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... holding or as a sector diversification tool, allowing investors to complement existing blue-chip portfolio holdings in the big four banks, major mining and energy companies, while avoiding a concentration in these sectors. "This fund offers an effective ...

Digitisation an immediate area of growth: Fund manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... that's been the fastest growing product in history in terms of user adoption," he said. Already, New Capital has seen a big change in some of the names it holds in its $4 billion Global Equity Conviction Fund. "We owned Microsoft pre the launch of ...