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Blackwattle Partners launches global fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
The Sydney-based fund manager has launched its first global fund, led by former Antipodes portfolio manager Sunny Bangia. The Blackwattle Global Quality Fund will be managed by Bangia, who brings over 18 years of experience in financial services. Bangia ...

DASS settlement pending court approval, victims urged to claim

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
The federal court will soon determine if it will approve the $16 million to settle the class action against E&P Financial Group as some victims of Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services (DASS) are running out of time to make a claim. On 3 April ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... "simple personal advice" as part of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes package of reforms, which includes creating a new class of financial advisers called "Qualified Advisers" (QAs) who will not be financially incentivised. Financial Advice Association ...

JANA wins mandate from public sector super fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
JANA has been selected as the investment consultant for the Tasmanian Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF). Following an extensive procurement process supported independently by Deloitte, the asset consultant was awarded the mandate by the Superannuation ...

Younger Aussies embracing SMSFs, guidance needed

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
According to Class general manager, growth Jo Hurley, younger generations want more control over their retirement savings than ever before, and financial advisers need to cater to this demand. Addressing the crowd at the SMSF Association Conference ...

Reforms will strengthen retirement advice: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... that APRA funds will end up doing a good job of educating members about the benefits of saving and super and create a new class of educated and engaged members who might be empowered to control their own retirement and start their own SMSF. Farrar highlighted ...

Family offices choose private credit: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... fund manager's annual Family office survey, now in its seventh year, found that private credit is the preferred asset class for 45% of chief investment officers. "We learned from our conversations that many chief investment officers are now finally ...

Magellan needs more consistent progress: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... FuturePay, in July 2022. The firm is actively seeking solutions for the persistent NTA discount on the Magellan Global closed class listed investment trust, with plans to transition it to an open-end structure anticipated in the second quarter of the ...

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
Shine Lawyers filed a class action on behalf of Rest members who may have had income protection premiums wrongfully deducted from their superannuation accounts. The class action alleges that from December 2008 to June 2019, Rest automatically enrolled ...

Investment Trends ranks top five platforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024
... in part - the strong performance of Australian platforms to the agility in identifying the growing demand for the asset class and the timely solutions deployed to address it," he said. Also noteworthy, investment platforms have notably increased their ...