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Aussies confident about retirement spending: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
Amid the uncertainties of COVID-19, Australians are far more confident about their retirement than global counterparts, a new study shows. Most retired Australians said that they would have retired at the same age even if they had known about the events ...

Fidante boutique launches flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
A new Fidante Partners boutique has launched its flagship emerging markets fund. Ox Capital Management's Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund invests in undervalued companies from Asia ex-Japan and other emerging markets. It holds between 30 to 50 stocks ...

Financial Standard launches weekly podcast

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
Financial Standard is expanding its media offering with a new weekly podcast for financial advisers, investment managers and super fund trustees. In addition to discussing the week's biggest news, the podcast will feature interviews with industry ...

Baby Boomers cashing in on meme stocks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
According to analysis from Openmarkets Group, on average Baby Boomers and Generation X are making money on meme stocks, while Millennials are losing money. The analysis covered 11 "meme stocks" (stocks whose share prices skyrocketed due to social media ...

Australian Ethical overhauls longstanding fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
Australian Ethical is making a series of changes to its Advocacy investment option that will allow it to begin investing in alternatives and unlisted property. From October, the Advocacy option will essentially close and instead be known as the 'High ...

Why advisers must understand Retirement Income Covenant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Challenger chair, retirement income Jeremy Cooper presented to the AFA conference, discussing the new Retirement Income Covenant and how it will impact advisers. While the Retirement Income Covenant does not apply any new obligations to financial advisers ...

Accumulation bubble ending: AFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
The massive accumulation bubble that Australia has experienced for years is coming to a close with a shift to a deaccumulation bubble sparking the need for advice processes to change, according to CoreData. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers ...

Australian Ethical makes strategic investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
Australian Ethical has made a strategic investment in Main Sequence, a deep technology investment fund founded by the CSIRO. Main Sequence welcomed the investment, saying that it will apply venture capital to play a role in solving challenges in health ...

Common ownership concerns redundant: AustralianSuper

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
The $225 billion industry fund's outgoing chief executive Ian Silk is adamant the fund will never engage actively in common ownership, while also hinting at plans to bring more investing in-house. Appearing at a Standing Committee on Economics hearing ...

Australia ranked seventh for retirement wellbeing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
Australia has failed to crack the top five for retirement wellbeing outcomes once again, according to the Natixis Global Retirement Index. Australia maintained its ranking of seventh place in the latest index for the second consecutive year. Iceland ...