Vanguard Australia expands ESG line-up with actively managed positive impact fund

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Vanguard Australia has launched the Vanguard Active Positive Impact Fund, expanding its ESG and Active line-up to include a global equity fund seeking to outperform the broad global equities market... Read more continue reading

Aviva Investors believes central banks see economic downturn as price worth paying to control inflation

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Aviva Investors, the global asset management arm of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), expects most developed economies to experience recessions over the coming year, as global central banks continue to tighten monetary... Read more continue reading

AMP launches market-first retirement solution

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AMP has announced the launch of a market-first retirement solution, MyNorth Lifetime, an innovative new option for retirees that provides the peace of mind and certainty of higher income for... Read more continue reading

Westpac brings over 500 scam specialists to Parramatta with new financial crime hub

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Westpac has unveiled a new state-of-the-art fraud prevention centre in Western Sydney as the bank continues to ramp up its efforts to combat scams and fraud. The new hub will... Read more continue reading

Household Capital closes $37.6 million raising and enters strategic partnership with Genworth

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Household Capital, a leading Australian provider of home equity retirement funding, is pleased to announce it has closed a series C capital raise, with Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance (Genworth) becoming... Read more continue reading

CWES welcomes “breakthrough” National Plan to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Children

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The Centre for Women’s Economic Safety (CWES) has hailed the inclusion of ‘economic abuse’ in the new National Plan to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Children 2022 to 2032, as a... Read more continue reading

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure appoints Greg Stark as investment director

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Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure (MBA GLI), a business established with Maple-Brown Abbott in 2012, has appointed Greg Stark to the newly created role of investment director. Mr Stark has... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 14 October, 2022

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Shares had another volatile week, falling initially on interest rate and recession fears with a sharp intraday fall in US shares on Thursday after another worse than expected inflation reading,... Read more continue reading

Zenith initiates coverage of Aikya EM strategy with ‘Highly Recommended’ rating

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Aikya Investment Management (Aikya) is pleased to announce the Aikya Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund has received a ‘Highly Recommended’ rating by Zenith Investment Partners. It is the inaugural rating for... Read more continue reading

Beware unintended consequences of financial services reforms

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There may be unintended consequences in the Quality of Advice (QoA) review’s recommendation to deregulate general advice, according to David Wright, CEO of Zenith Investment Partners. “As an investment research... Read more continue reading