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Global asset manager Dimensional says the government’s reforms on proxy advice threaten adviser independence in a submission to Treasury this week. Dimensional – which manages about $40 billion

The funds management giant has launched a new offering that it says will solve many of the complications and trade-offs involved in managing money for retiree investors. Magellan’s FuturePay, which

Director of derivatives issuer cops double ban By Reporter 01 June 2021 ASIC has banned the former director of an over the counter derivatives issuer from financial services and from managing corporations as a result of his "serious" lack of regard for compliance. In a statement, the regulator said it had banned John Martin, a director and former responsible manager of liquidated firm Union Standard International Group, from p...

Historical evidence suggests that the performance of select agricultural sector assets is uncorrelated with traditional markets and at times has shown to be less sensitive to periods of economic contraction. The “great lockdown” of 2020 – the ultimate stress test for almost all asset classes – has provided an opportunity to access how the sector responded to our nation’s first recession in almost 30 years.

China’s forceful economic rebound bodes well for company earnings in 2021, incentivising active investors to refocus on fundamentals and seize on volatility amid potential headwinds. China set a n

ASIC has released a new information sheet outlining its expectations of activist short-sellers, which the regulator has accused of “unfairly distorting” share prices and damaging market integrity.

Fixed-income investors play a key role as creditors in assessing material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities that may impede creditworthiness of bond issuers. While E

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its last call on the official cash rate for this financial year. As widely predicted, the RBA has held the cash rate at a record low 0.1 of a percentage point, d

IFM Investors has appointed a new independent director to its board.

Major Australian industry fund Rest has appointed a new chief financial officer.