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Adviser ETF take-up continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... management strategies, according to a VanEck survey. After canvassing 547 financial advisers, VanEck's 2021 Australian Smart Beta Survey found that 91% use ETFs in client portfolios, up from 87% in 2020. Over half (56%) use smart-beta ETFs, otherwise ...

Pinnacle acquires third-party distributor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Pinnacle Investment Management Group is acquiring 100% of a third-party distributor working with boutique fund managers. Winston Capital Partners gives Pinnacle on-the-ground representation for the first time in Western Australia, the firm said. Upon ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... actually just common sense investing," he said. Nusseibeh argued that many things that are considered ethical are actually just smart business. As an example, he pointed to the musician Rihanna, whose makeup line Fenty Beauty provides makeup in a wide ...

Buy-sell spreads higher for active and diversified ETFs: Rainmaker

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... cash (2bps). By strategy type, active ETFs had the highest median buy-sell spread (44bps), followed by hedge funds (38bps), smart beta (19bps) and passive index-tracking ETFs (15bps). The numbers are based on the ASX's monthly product summary for ...

BNZ chief executive moves back to NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... bank is used to create better customer experiences and personalisation. "Customers want their banking to be simple, safe, smart and personalised. We also know they want insights to make their lives easier, help them grow and protect their finances and ...

Class makes acquisition, profit down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
In its full-year results, Class announced its acquisition of legal documentation software provider, Topdocs but also recorded a significant drop in its net profit. Class is set to pay $13 million for the complete acquisition of the Topdocs platform ...

Only one quarter of ETP growth from performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... during the period. Those were the Monash Absolute Return Fund, Magellan FuturePay and Coolabah Active Composite Bond Fund. Smart beta and investment theme products saw a 30% increase in flows to $1.1 billion, and two new smart beta products launched ...

FYG launches advice delivery platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
Boutique financial advice group FYG Planners has rolled out a new platform to improve the advice delivery process and increase client engagement. FYG Planners partnered with LivePreso to launch WealthEye, an advice delivery portal. LivePreso's platform ...

Active managers lead new ETF issuers

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... the top three active ETFs accounted for around 80% of the category's flows. Index ETFs accounted for 81% of inflows and smart beta with 8%. Vanguard and BetaShares led the inflows receiving around 65% of industry flows, up from 53% in 2020. Global equities ...

VanEck opens Perth office

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... Australian operations as demand for its products grow. "Our new hires will work to strengthen investors' understanding of smart beta and active strategies, which form a core part of VanEck's ASX ETF range and provide targeted investment solutions," ...