REST awards responsible investment mandate to Calvert and Parametric for implementation partnership

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Rest, one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member industry super funds, has awarded an enhanced Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) mandate to Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric) and Calvert Research and Management... Read more continue reading

Morgan Stanley Investment Management on rates, threats and disruptions

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Investment experts from Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley, Andrew Harmstone and Eric Zhang, share their insights across three current market themes. 1. Rates on... Read more continue reading

Inflation and interest rates- have we reached the pivot point?

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The inflation debate has intensified in recent months. In the latest edition of Franklin Templeton Investment Institute Macro Perspectives, Franklin Templeton’s investment specialists discuss what’s fueling inflation and how policymakers are... Read more continue reading

Gen X forgotten in superannuation fund regulations

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Gen X is feeling the pressure, with many people caught in the middle, taking care of both their aging parents and their own kids, while having been completely left out... Read more continue reading

Advisers keen to learn about Crypto investments

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A recent webinar, attended by over 700 advisers, on crypto assets investments, indicates the weight of interest advisers and their clients are, in this growing asset class. Lonsec partnered with... Read more continue reading

Look for a margin of safety in equity valuations

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As Australian equity market investors position their portfolios for higher inflation and higher bond yields, the winning stocks are coming from the value and cyclical sectors such as Resources and... Read more continue reading

Not-for-profit takes action to help close superannuation gap for working mothers and calls on others to follow suit to enact government policy change

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One of Australia’s longest-running, not-for-profit community services providers, Growing Potential, has taken considered action to help bridge the superannuation gender gap, affording its 145 staff – of which 91 per cent... Read more continue reading

Cryptocurrency 2022: a year of extraordinary development in 2021 sets up great expectations for the year ahead

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The cryptocurrency market passed several important milestones in 2021, as corporate and institutional engagement with the sector deepened, crypto market infrastructure grew more robust, financial regulators started to take the... Read more continue reading

Smaller companies, bigger opportunities

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Australia’s smaller companies A company’s market capitalisation – the total number of its shares on issue multiplied by the latest share price – dictates which index (if any) a company... Read more continue reading

Ethical Advisers Co-Operative: Over $2.2 billion invested ethically

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More than $2.2 billion ($2,235,278,000) was invested ethically by the 2,761 clients advised by member of the Ethical Advisers Co-operative (EAC), as at 31 December 2021. This nationwide membership of... Read more continue reading