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04 March 2022 • By Jon Bragg • 1 min read

Raiz suffers dip in funds under management

The micro-investing firm said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and shifting central bank policies had weighed on investor sentiment. Raiz Invest has ...

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ASIC plans to strengthen climate change engagement with listed companies

ASIC sets its sights on greenwashing. The corporate regulator has announced it is upping its engagement with listed companies and investor groups ...

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Scams up 20% in recent years

Consumers are being hit with an “exponential increase” in scams, according to ASIC chair Joe Longo. In an address to the AICD Governance Summit on ...

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Second biggest super fund dumps Russian assets as Frydenberg piles on pressure

Australia’s second biggest super fund says it had instructed its investment managers earlier this week to sell Russian debt and equity investments

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Investor lending jumps to a record $11bn

High levels of investor lending drove an increase in housing lending overall last month. New investor housing loan commitments surged 6.1 per cent ...

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Legal principles applicable to financial markets to govern crypto, Senator says

“Beefed up” crypto regulation must also still allow new entrants to emerge, according to Senator Andrew Bragg. Australian crypto exchanges will be ...

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Peak body rejects calls to cap super balances

The peak body has maintained it is against any restrictions on “extremely large balances” in superannuation. The SMSF Association CEO John Maroney ...

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Eurozone record inflation underscores stagflation conundrum, expert says

Surprising European consumer price inflation measures have underscored the potential stagflation conundrum. European headline CPI was at 5.8 per ...

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3 in 4 Aussies expect COVID-19 to benefit women’s career trajectories

Three in four Aussies expect the impact of COVID-19 to benefit women’s career trajectories long-term as new ways of working become the norm

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Powell intends to proceed with rate rises despite Ukraine

Powell is proceeding with a quarter-percentage point interest rate rise in two weeks, despite Ukraine. Delivering his semi-annual Congressional ...

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