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Investors fear impact of rising inflation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... Australia with 25% of investors sharing this concern. Meanwhile, 47% of investors consider the biggest risk to the stock market in 2022 is the state of the Australian economy, followed by the state of the global economy (44%), and the international conflict ...

Economic recap: Week to October 29

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... central bank raised the official cash rate to 0.5% from 0.25% following its October 6 board meeting, sending the Kiwi stock market down. The NZ Cap 50 index has declined by 2.0% from January to end-October this year. Not good in comparison with the strong ...

ASIC looks to extend CFD intervention

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... that allows a client to speculate on the change in value of an underlying asset, such as foreign exchange rates, stock market indices, single equities, commodities or crypto assets. ASIC reported that during the first three months of its intervention ...

Federation AM launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... inception in 2018 of 20.8%. "The new fund is unique in providing both exposure to assets that are not correlated to the stock market and the flexibility to apply for or redeem investments daily," Brownjohn added. "We're excited to be applying our investment ...

ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... the same mistake," he said. "[Common ownership] might be a critical issue when the index funds have 5% each of the stock market, but it could be a very big issue when they've got 10% or 20%." New research from the Australasian Centre for Corporate ...

Fidelity moves into SMAs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... they're invested in which can offer tax benefits but don't have administrative burden of investing directly in the stock market." "At the same time, they're benefiting from the expertise and research resources of a professional manager." Fidelity had ...

AustralianSuper appoints head of equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... exciting time to be leading the team," Pascoe said. AustralianSuper has some $53 billion invested in the Australian stock market as at June 30. In the global equities portfolio, which is currently $78 billion, the strategy is a mix of internal and external ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
The continued spread of the Delta variant in most parts of the world - even in New Zealand despite being locked down after only one case - and reduced vaccine efficacy - as demonstrated by the rise in infections in Israel (one of the very first country ...

Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... capital markets are changing. "For example, we recently believed that superannuation funds were going to take over the stock market and corporate Australia became very nervous... But then a lot of super fund trustees seemed to decide to move in the other ...

Schroders launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... said the opening up of China's capital markets is an opportunity that should not be ignored. "As the second largest stock market in the world and the biggest contributor to global economic growth, the size and ambition of China presents an attractive ...