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Challenger-backed Fidante's busy year continues
Challenger Financial Group (ASX: CGF) and its suite of asset management businesses have started 2021 off the same way 2020 finished. As part of their half...
Where should investors turn in the era of bubbles?
While nearly all the fussing on equity valuation and bubbles is centred on the US, Europe, Japan and the emerging markets (EMs) have provided decent returns...
What's in a name?
News broke this week that one of Vanguard’s popular ESG or Environment, Social and Governance-focused strategies may not have been as true to label as...
Digital divide exacerbated income inequality during pandemic
According to US$3.3 trillion ($4.3 trillion) asset manager, Fidelity International, companies with strong ESG characteristics outperformed in 2020, and should...
Hamish Douglass sees signs of 'speculative frenzy' amid FOMO-driven markets
Hamish Douglass this week presented his ‘The Year of Living Dangerously Webinar’, to thousands of investors and followers across the country. There...
GameStop saga invites scrutiny of brokerage practices
Groups of amateur investors that gather on social media forums such as Reddit have organized to buy stocks and options in companies with high short interest...
Bubble mania - The cause and solution
It’s not hard to find commentary about market “bubbles” on a daily basis, where you can take your pick on traditional bond prices, property,...
What's old is new again
The persistent era of disruptive services has its counterpart in companies considered ripe for extinction. History, however, suggests one should not be quite...
Australian Ethical hits $5 billion after 35 years
“Green-washing” and ESG may have been the most popular words in funds management in 2020, as consumers became more interested in where their...
The stage is set for an evolution in trading
The attack on short sold stocks in the past week has caused a frenzy of comments on the participation of so-called retail investors. Where this will end up is...
Iron ore banks Fortescue's hydrogen ambitions
So, Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) shareholders have learned that their company is to become a hydrogen and steel superpower. Andrew Forrest, the founder,...