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Adviser cops 10-year sentence

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
A former financial adviser who took more than $10 million from clients to fund his lavish lifestyle will spend the next 10 years in jail. Judge Wraight sentenced Terence Rio Nugara to nine years and 11 months imprisonment at the Victoria County Court ...

Smart beta 'taking over' active management share: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Financial advisers are increasingly incorporating smart beta ETFs in clients' investment portfolios, a survey shows. According to the latest VanEck Smart Beta Survey, over 80% of financial professionals plan to maintain or increase their smart beta ...

Dimensional launches Aussie fund to NZ market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
Dimensional has taken one of its local sustainability funds across the ditch, launching it as a portfolio investment entity (PIE) to New Zealand investors. The new PIE offering is based on the Australian Sustainability Trust which launched five years ...

Bullock keeps cash rate at 4.10%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has left the cash rate at 4.10% for the month of October. Announcing the latest monetary policy decision whilst taking the helm for the first time, Bullock left the door open for potential ...

Insto injects further $530m in Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
An unnamed institutional investor has injected an additional $530 million into a Qualitas strategy, bringing it closer to its total $1 billion commitment. Qualitas' Private Income Credit Fund (QPICF) now has $750 million in total. Qualitas said that ...

Global small caps outperform Aussie counterparts: SSGA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
State Street says global small cap companies have consistently bested their Australian counterparts, offering higher annual returns and lower volatility. The US$3.6 trillion asset manager noted that the MSCI World Small Caps Index has yielded an 8.39% ...

Inflation rises to 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) experienced a slight increase in the month of August, jumping to 5.2% from 4.9% in July. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the major contributors to the price increase included housing ...

Skynet adviser stole $10.2m: Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
The principal and financial adviser of Skynet Financial Services swindled clients to the tune of $10 million and could face up to 20 years in jail. Terence Rio Nugara, who was permanently banned by ASIC in April, stole $10,152,061.93 from 38 clients ...

Former adviser lands in jail

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
A former financial adviser who took more than $1 million from clients to feed his online gambling addiction has been sentenced to jail for five years. The District Court of Western Australia found Mark Raymond Sebo guilty of misappropriating $1,056,685.18 ...

US regulator fines DWS US$25m for greenwashing, AML offences

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
DWS Investment Management's American operations will pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission US$25 million to settle charges stemming from greenwashing claims and failures to develop an anti-money laundering (AML) program for mutual funds it advised. ...