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SMA registrations double in three years: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... accounts products in market has doubled in the past three years. That's according to APIR Systems' analysis of financial product registrations, with the December 2024 quarter data showing 25 new managed account products entered the market. APIR chief ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... reporting regime and a rethink of design and distribution obligations. Some fall under APRA's remit, including a long-awaited product modernisation framework for legacy funds management and superannuation products to "finally allow" companies to "close ...

Orbis recruits investment specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. He began his career with the Allan Gray Group in South Africa in 2008 where he held product development, client relationship and investment specialist roles, before relocating to Australia five years ago. Orbis ...

BlackRock's Chantal Giles expands role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Chantal Giles, head of wealth at BlackRock Australasia, has taken on an additional role within the US$11.5 trillion asset management firm. Effective February 1, 2025, Giles will also head up APAC strategic clients and business development. In her expanded ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Hyperion Australian Growth Fund claimed the top spot, delivering a 30.7% return in 2024; it also topped the Australian shares product rankings in 2023 with a 25.1% return. "Hyperion focuses on identifying proven high-quality businesses with above average ...

Perpetual delivers 'mixed' performance in Q2

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Perpetual has seen assets under management (AUM) rise 3.6% to $230.2 billion in the second quarter to December 2024, but also sustained outflows of $3.8 billion and negative market movements amounting to $4.1 billion. Perpetual chief executive Bernard ...

Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... "Martin Currie's local and offshore equity expertise is highly complementary with ClearBridge's investment approach, product offering and cultural values. Both groups share a clear commitment to sustainability and a shared vision of driving positive ...

SMC pushes for DBFO to curb retiree tax bills

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Modelling by the Super Members Council (SMC) shows close to one million older Australians are paying more in tax by leaving their super savings in accumulation products. The SMC said 700,000 Australians aged over 65 and no longer working full-time have ...

Bumpy roads ahead for traditional active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Traditional active managers should expect a rougher path ahead as they face growing challenges from industry superannuation funds, as well as the continued strong flows into exchange-traded funds (ETF), a new report found. According to Morningstar's ...

AdviceIQ general manager Paul Harding-Davis to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... entirely owned by its practices, which all equally share in that ownership, "leaving us free from the influence of any product provider and any dominant stakeholder," it said. Harding-Davis, who's been with AdviceIQ for the past eight years, also departed ...