Just when you thought scammers couldn't go any lower, corporate watchdog ASIC is warning consumers of ‘follow up’ scams falsely offering to help recover lost funds for victims.
ASIC said if you have been scammed, and someone contacts you with an offer to help recover money, it is a scam.
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Aberdeen Standard Investments has officially become 'abrdn' in a change the UK asset manager argues reflects its "future-focused global growth strategy".
The new name is pronounced “Aberdeen” and is all lower case.
The official change follows an April announcement in which Chief Executive Officer Stephen Bird said the rebranding was “modern, dynamic...
Perpetual has acquired specialist debt and advisory business Laminar Capital as well as a digital platform that enables clients to manage multiple investment and debt portfolios on a single platform.
Laminar has $8.0 billion in funds under management and the deal also includes its specialist fixed income digital platform, Treasury...
Today, Challenger Life, Australia’s largest provider of annuities, announced a new market-linked lifetime annuity that helps retirees to overcome longevity risk (outliving their retirement nest egg) while maintaining exposure to investment markets.
Challenger has introduced market-linked payment options to its Liquid Lifetime annuity, creating more choice in retirement incomes ahead...
Vanguard will lower the cost of four of its Australian fixed interest funds in a move the investment manager attributes to growth and maturity of its funds.
Fees on Vanguard's Australian Fixed Interest Fund and Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) will be reduced from 0.24% to 0.19% and 0.20% to 0.15%...
Frank Uhlenbruch, Investment Strategist in the Janus Henderson Australian Fixed Interest team, provides his Australian economic analysis and market outlook.
Market review
A shift to a more hawkish stance by offshore central banks, higher energy prices and disruptions to global supply chains led to heightened financial market volatility. Equity and credit...
Investors got a preview of how fixed income markets might respond to a return of inflation when US Treasury yields rose by around 75 basis points and asset prices fell sharply in the March quarter.
Portfolio Manager Brian Kloss at Brandywine Global, a specialist investment manager of Franklin Templeton, said...
Investment manager Artesian has attracted a significant investment in its Green and Sustainable Bond Fund which was established late in 2020 with currently $52.7 million in assets under management.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is tipping in a $25 million investment on behalf of the Australian Government to help boost...
Alternative fixed income manager CIP Asset Management (CIPAM) publish a monthly piece commenting on topics of interest for credit investors across a range of sub sectors. In this article, the company asked its investment teams why these COVID lockdowns seem different and then asked them to look beyond the...
The UK Government recently went to the bond market with its first green bond offering, hoping to raise GBP10 billion and was overwhelmed by the response. The 12-year bond was marketed at 87.5 basis points (0.875%) and attracted bids of more than GBP100 billion, demonstrating the appetite for investments...
