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RQI Investors forays into ETFs
|RQI Investors is making a strategic pivot, unveiling its first-ever ETF across the 18-year history of the business, with its parent company coming in as the ETF's initial investor.
Frontier Advisors awarded investment advice mandate
|Frontier Advisors has been appointed as an external investment consultant by an ASX-listed group after it suffered a reduction of nearly $30 million in net investment income in FY26.
AustralianSuper scores Moody's top credit rating
|AustralianSuper has become the first Australian superannuation fund to receive an AAA long-term issuer rating from Moody's. It has assigned a stable outlook to the rating.
MUFG expands InvestStream partnership with minority stake
|MUFG Retirement Solutions has expanded its partnership with InvestStream by acquiring a minority interest in technology provider.
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Well about time! We have been charging for strategy advice for over ten years to the distaste of the dealer group but I always thought this was what was most important. The product is a means to an end. Without this point of view we would be merely salespeople. Since we want to be recognised as professionals then we should use that professionalism to provide strategy and advice that may not involve product at all. And guess what? Clients will actually pay a review fee for that! We know..we do it! Bring it on I say! When you adopt this attitude, you are clearly operating in the clients best interests as, for instance, their current super fund is probably doing an ok job for them anyway. This will eventually be how financial services operates if we want to be perceived as professional and on a par with accountants in terms of trust.