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Netwealth reports record $36bn FUM in Q1
Netwealth observed record growth over the first quarter of the financial year, with both funds under administration and funds under management increasing by $3.4 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively.
First Sentier lists active ETF
First Sentier has made the First Sentier Global Listed Infrastructure Fund (Hedged) Active ETF available to Australian advisers and investors.
Janus Henderson launches global equities active ETF
Janus Henderson Investors has launched a global equities strategy designed to combine a broad market exposure with research-driven stock selection.
SILC partners with Totality to give clients brokage access
Wholesale trustee The SILC Group (SILC) has partnered with brokerage firm Totality to provide its equity fund manager clients with access to institutional-grade prime brokerage services.
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David Sharpe
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A family man, business owner, cricket fanatic and financial adviser, David Sharpe has many facets. One of his biggest legacies, as he steps down as chair of the Financial Advice Association Australia, is leaving the profession stronger than he found it.
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Yes, the guidelines have to be robust, but not of a nit picking quality. Regulators need to be people who come from a proper financial services background, who are prepared to look at all sides of the arguments and are not associated with a particular political disposition.
I see too many failures right around.
The regulations should be applied in seeing all parties as one industry, offering various products.
That includes SMFs, Bank and Private financial planners, Industry Funds and also State Government Funds. There have been too many loopholes exploited by all of these. Unless the Governments concerned get together and recognise this, the clients will remain confused and disadvantaged.