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FASEA too soft on ethical investing: Advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... it's critical that this is taken into account," Culver said. Invest with Ethics founder Alexandra Brown agreed. "There's a trend already towards ethical and responsible investing... then there's ASIC updating its climate change risk disclosure reporting ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... during March, although there are asset classes such as passive US equity ($40.9 billion) that were exempt from the general trend. "The demand for passive US equity likely stems from investors reallocating into high-quality, low-cost equity index-tracking ...

State Street model portfolios land on BT Panorama

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
Advisers using BT's flagship platform now have access to a suite of State Street ETF model portfolios, as the popularity of managed accounts continues to climb. All State Street risk-based ETF model portfolios are now accessible through BT Panorama ...

Frontier Advisors makes key appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... hiring freezes across the financial services industry due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, Frontier Advisors bucked the trend bolstering its staff. The asset consultant also announced Desmond Tam and Pat Phanussopakul have joined as associates. Bowei ...

Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Regulatory and compliance burden is a bigger challenge and disruption for financial advisers than COVID-19, the global pandemic that has ripped both economies and lives to shreds. In an interview with Financial Standard, Investment Trends research director ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Late last year, before extreme weather events battered the world, before COVID-19, The Big Short 's Michael Burry said he had found the next bubble: passive investments. Now, with asset prices trembling in the face of the pandemic, could there still ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... put more pressure on funds to perform relative to their peers, something Griffith said came on top of what was already a trend towards heightened peer relativity. "It's not just the heat map. The system has gotten very large and this comes with heightened ...

Managed accounts use broadens

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Latest research on financial advisers' use of managed accounts shows their increasing popularity among advisers with lower-balance clients. Once reserved for wealthy clients, managed accounts are proving popular for financial advisers with lower-balance ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... reinforce moves towards de-globalisation. "We see COVID-19 as a driver that will reinforce moves towards de-globalisation, a trend already in place even before the crisis, and strengthen the 'regionalisation' theme," it said. "This will lead to a focus ...

The five threats to super fund survival

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
A global investment management software provider believes the COVID-19 pandemic provides superannuation funds five critical issues which must be addressed to ensure survival. A new white paper by investment management software provider SS&C highlights ...