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Don't get 'stranded' with fossil fuel stocks as transition gains pace: Australian Ethical
As Australia's energy transition ramps up, spurred by a greater government commitment, the ethical investment manager says investors risk getting saddled with...
India remains pricey, but potential growth remains: Mason Stevens
India's booming population has many considering whether and how to get exposure to its market, despite its year-to-date underperformance. While it may not be...
Debt ceiling crisis likely avoided, but US has other debt problems to deal with
While analysts see a negotiated deal as the most likely outcome, a compromise is still not guaranteed. The bigger concern, they say, stems from ballooning...
AMP firms fined $24 million for charging dead clients' super accounts
Four AMP Group businesses deducted insurance premiums and advice fees from superannuation customers despite knowing they had died, a judge ruled, with two of...
Budget delivers cost-of-living relief and surplus, but super tax provisions draw industry ire
The federal government plans to use part of the $4.2 billion projected budget surplus to provide cost-of-living relief for Australian households and small...
DDO deficiencies 'across the board' for product issuers: ASIC
The regulator has issued 26 stop orders against 18 companies for failing to adequately target financial products to the appropriate market since the "design...
Kudos and credit: Thinktank ready to weather the next storm
After cutting its teeth as a commercial property lender during the GFC, Thinktank - thanks to strong strategic relationships and conservative credit policies -...
Investment complexity pushing demand for advice: EY
The 2023 EY Global Wealth Management Research Report showed 37 per cent of Australian investors think managing their wealth has become more complex in the past...
'Hopefully, there isn't much more pain to come': AMP's Mousina focusses on big picture
AMP recently promoted senior economist Diana Mousina to a new role, deputy chief economist, in recognition of her achievements and succession path. Like other...
Australia's growth prospects darken as world enters 'perilous phase': IMF
With rising financial stability risk complicating the already uncertain outlook for global economies, the IMF warns a hard landing is becoming more likely,...
For investors seeking value, cheapest really is best
Value stocks have been big outperformers over the past three years, especially those in the cheapest part of the market, says Schroders' Simon Adler. To avoid...
Decarbonisation push boosts infrastructure outlook - but correlations matter
Diversification is invaluable, and this is especially apparent during times of disruption and uncertainty. Exposure to infrastructure assets can help investors...
In the war over AI's future, the big guns may have already won
Large language models like ChatGPT are part of a long technology continuum driven by Moore's law, the observation that transistor capacity doubles every two...
Super fund satisfaction levels drop as market volatility bites
Australians across the board are less satisfied with their superannuation funds than they were a year ago, a new report from Roy Morgan showed, with share...
As energy transition gains urgency, ethical investing sees its moment
The clean-energy transition represents a huge opportunity for investors to earn good returns from investments that have a positive environmental impact - and...
Asia, small caps poised to benefit in changing market environment
Shifting market dynamics mean some of the investment themes that worked in recent years are set to give way to new opportunities. Man Group's Andrew Swan and...