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Watchdog warns of celebrity-endorsed bitcoin scams

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... several 'pump-and-dump' schemes; where scammers will combine online search terms, like a celebrity and Bitcoin, to generate fake news articles and ads on social media. These ads are often republished by new sites and search engines, ASIC said ...

Momentum, quality outperform in 2020: S&P

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Quality and low volatility indices outperformed during the COVID-19 financial crash, which saw the Australian share market drop 35.9% between February 20 and March 23, according to new research coming out of S&P Dow Jones Indices. During the crash ...

AustralianSuper partners with greenhouse gas giants

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... natural gas, and other metals (lithium, copper and nickel) and chemicals (explosives and fertiliser), which together generate around $160 billion in exports. Its chair, former CSIRO chair and Australian of the Year Simon McKeon said collaboration and ...

New class action regulations slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... said. Similarly, during the hearing, Professor Sulette Lombard argued that additional regulatory oversight would not generate the optimal outcome for the judicial system. "I do have concerns on the emphasis on securities class actions and litigation ...

Giselle Roux joins Melbourne boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
The former chief investment officer of Escala Partners and JBWere has joined a Melbourne boutique in an investment advisory role. Roux left Escala in August 2019 after six years with the firm, following US-based Focus Financial Partners taking a stake ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Four US pension funds have partnered to form the Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA), in a bid to increase and encourage peer-to-peer trading activity in the securities lending and repo markets to benefit asset owners. California Public Employees' ...

Value to be found in childcare stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... 50% of revenue even if there is no attendance. "This is important for two reasons. First, it means centres continue to generate revenue, and second, it maintains the customer relationship between the centre and the child's family," James said. "In ...

State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... environment had been testing for fundamental investors. "Searching out proven business models with solid financials that can generate free cash flow and are more resilient to economic shocks would appear to be out of vogue," he said. "In this environment ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... active management in emerging markets produced mixed results. "High growth, technology-focused managers continued to generate extremely strong returns for the quarter with a small number returning in excess of 40% for the period," Gavin said. "Broadly ...

Australian Ethical posts record results

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... chief financial officer Mark Simons told Financial Standard the results prove that ethical, sustainable investments can generate market leading results. "At the moment ESG funds are outperforming their peers, and I hope that continues," he said. "Ethical ...