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24 August 2018 • By Eliot Hastie • 1 min read

Scott Morrison wins Liberal Party leadership

Scott Morrison has contested and won a Liberal Party leadership ballot to become the new Prime Minister. Treasurer Scott Morrison has contested the ...

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Fund managers anxious about potential Labor government

A group of Australian fund managers are bullish on overseas markets, bearish on Aussie banks and increasingly fearful about the impact a new Labor ...

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Trade tensions to choke global growth: Moody’s

The ‘synchronised global growth’ narrative appears to be over as trade tensions between the US and China look set to worsen, says Moody’s Investors ...

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Most advisers using smart beta, survey finds

A majority of financial professionals are using smart beta products in place of actively managed funds, according a new survey conducted by VanEck

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Future Fund executive joins Mercer

The Future Fund’s head of investment operations has joined Mercer in the newly created role of head of fund implementation. Campbell McCulloch has ...

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Advisers split on insurer ‘wellbeing’ programs

Not all financial advisers are sold on the importance of health and wellbeing products when recommending insurance products, new Investment Trends ...

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Global economy ‘tinder dry’, warns JCB

Investors are not being compensated for the risks they are taking in the current late-cycle global economy, warns Jamieson Coote Bonds. Record ...

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JP Morgan AM screens out tobacco from fund

JP Morgan Asset Management has announced that it is excluding tobacco stocks from its Australian multi-asset strategy. In a statement, the global ...

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Consumer confidence continues to nosedive

Separate figures from ANZ-Roy Morgan and NAB have shown that concerns about the economy has dragged down consumer confidence – and has been for a ...

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Aussie stocks playing ‘accounting games’, says Perpetual

A portfolio manager on Perpetual’s asset management team says Australian companies are “playing games” with their numbers and “squeezing” CFOs in ...

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