Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 901 - 910 of 3944 results for "Trend"

Investors on red alert despite vaccines

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... in their home country have been ineffective in their response to the pandemic. However, investors in Asia (66%) buck the trend, saying that policy makers' response was effective. Other top areas of concern that may affect investment decisions for ...

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Close to 80% of institutional investors in the Asia Pacific region boosted their environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. MSCI's 2021 Global Institutional Investor Survey showed ...

Limited advice overdue for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
There are clear opportunities to disrupt intra-fund and general advice that the industry is overlooking, shunning everyday Australians that need it most, according to superannuation experts. As the number of financial advisers continue to dwindle and ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... stressed the importance of distinguishing between such one-time changes in relative prices and changes in the underlying trend for inflation, noting that changes in relative prices could temporarily raise measured inflation but would be unlikely to have ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... considerable resilience and they will continue to play a significant role in the nation's recovery," she said. One notable trend from the research is that many assets owners are "turbo charging" climate change and accelerating to net-zero initiatives ...

CommSec launches trade knowledge tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
CommSec said it has seen a 200% increase in investors seeking executional information around how trading works as younger people show increased interest in wholesale trading. CommSec said first time traders contributed to around 10% of total trades ...

No tech bubble: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
BlackRock's macro research team has revealed the $8.7 trillion asset manager is continuing to favour the technology sector going into 2021. "The pandemic has turbocharged transformations that were already underway - from sustainability to inequality. ...

NEOS, ClearView lead satisfaction

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
New research from Investment Trends has measured how satisfied risk advisers are with their main life insurers across key service areas, NEOS Life and ClearView on top. It found that NEOS overtook ClearView to become the insurer advisers are most satisfied ...

Investment Trends hires head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
Investment Trends has appointed a new head of strategy as part of its effort to expand consumer and intermediary research. Andrew Tunny joins the Sydney-based research firm having recently worked as a state manager for MLC Advice partnerships. Tunny ...

Super funds bow to divestment pressure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... Australia's other largest super funds - Commonwealth Super Corporation, QSuper, Sunsuper and Hostplus - are bucking the trend. BHP and Woodside are among QSuper's top 20 holdings by value in Australian shares, though the fund does not disclose how much ...