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AFA president positive on industry outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
At the opening of the Association of Financial Advisers' Thrive conference, AFA president Sam Perera expressed an extremely optimistic outlook about the advice industry's future. "I do believe we are turning a corner, the opportunities we have are tremendous ...

QIC adds to multi-sector private debt team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
QIC's multi-sector private debt team is expanding with the appointment of Carlo Lucci as an associate director. Lucci has a background in leveraged finance, corporate and institutional banking, private credit, mergers and acquisition transaction ...

HNWs shunning professional advice: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
When it comes to financial planning, a growing number of high-net-worth (HNW) individuals are opting to DIY, according to new research collated by Investment Trends and sponsored by Praemium. The research, which involved polling 7500 investors, found ...

Ethereum merge: What it means for crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Ethereum's long-awaited merge has been finalised, the US$180 billion cryptocurrency's upgrade to a proof-of-stake mechanism slashing its energy consumption by 99.95%. Explaining the merge, Labrys founder and chief executive Lachlan Feeney said: "The ...

Inconsistencies across RIC strategies: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Mercer analysis of publicly available retirement income strategy summaries shows a great disparity between super funds' approaches. Under the requirements of the Retirement Income Covenant, trustees set out how they'll help members with their retirement ...

FPA Congress a chance to 'reunite, reset'

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
As its first in-person conference in three years, a 'Reunite, Resest' theme will underpin the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) Professionals Congress later this year. Held in Sydney on November 23-24, the Congress will host a range ...

New executive director joins Clearway

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
Sally Humphris has joined Clearway Capital Solutions as an executive director. Clearway said Humprhis will help deepen its relationships with the Australian and New Zealand investor market across a range of distribution channels and help current clients ...

Superhero launches auto-invest capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
Superhero has rolled out an auto-invest feature on its platform and also introduced a new investment discovery experience for users. From today, Superhero users can schedule automatic buy orders to have a recurring order for any share or ETF available ...

Rising number of active funds underperforming: SPIVA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
Most active funds underperform in every reported category over longer-term horizons, according to the biannual S&P Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Australia Scorecard. However, although long-term performance statistics are poor, the SPIVA Australia ...

Stock exchanges, industry pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
Stock exchanges the world over have observed a minute's silence to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, while several financial services organisations have also marked her passing overnight. The Royal Family announced early this morning that The ...