Since 2000, over 7000 new funds have launched in Australia and New Zealand with varying levels of success. With this many new products touting their wares, investors need a way to evaluate them without falling victim to slick marketing. Morningstar’s manager research teams across Asia collaborated on a series of country-specific reports to help investors
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) – A federal indictment alleges New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and former New Orleans Police Department Officer Jeffrey Vappie carried out a years‑long fraud scheme that used city funds for personal purposes. The indictment also alleges that the two concealed a romantic relationship while Vappie was on the mayor’s executive protection
BILLINGS — Saturday was a day of giving and community for bar owners across Montana. Over 50 businesses donated a portion, or all proceeds to a fundraiser, which will be used to benefit the families who lost a loved one at the Owl Bar shooting in Anaconda on Aug. 1. See the fundraiser’s turnout at
Allison Castillo’s life was full of hope and promise the morning of Aug. 9, when the 15-year-old Costa Mesa resident went to visit a friend in her old neighborhood on Shalimar Drive. It was a rare break from a constant schedule of soccer practice, matches and tournaments that had come to define Allison’s life in
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The second annual 30 for Freedom race kicked off Saturday morning, which aims to raise funds for victims of human trafficking. Racers ran around a 3-mile course stretching from the Assembly church to Essex Park. The event started in earnest around 6 a.m. Saturday morning, though one dedicated runner began his
Dr. Jeffrey Gold, pictured April 15, 2024, as the then-priority candidate for president of the University of Nebraska. He ascended to lead the NU system effective July 1, 2024. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold will not keep a performance-based 15% salary bonus and will instead donate the funds to support
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. — Beau Armistead, the director of Sojourn Counseling in Vestavia Hills, is being recognized for his efforts to provide trauma therapy to those who cannot afford it. Armistead, who specializes in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), organizes an annual event to raise funds for this cause. “There is a misconception that PTSD is
Jackie Bezos, who has died aged 78, helped to launch her son Jeff on the path to becoming a multi-billionaire by providing an initial investment of $245,000 to create the online retailer Amazon. In 1995 Jeff Bezos, then a 30-year-old engineer and computer scientist, came up with the idea of an online bookselling site and
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Lawmakers in two legislative committees on Thursday approved a resolution to set aside funds to hire outside counsel to defend Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck against a lawsuit brought against him by the state of Texas. But the approval did not come easily, as Republicans on both the Legislature’s Laws, Rules and
The Gardner Fire Department has received all three apparatuses purchased three years ago, totaling $1,800,410, which were funded by grants from the American Rescue Plan Act. The vehicles were ordered in March 2022. Gardner Fire Chief Gregory Lagoy said the city previously had only one heavy rescue truck that is almost 30 years old. He