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Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... articles and engagement. Allan Gray said the data may not be 100% accurate as some copyrighted news sources were not accessible via search trends. "A conversation analysis was applied using Meltwater to identify topics of conversation and mention volumes ...

FPA calls for levy overhaul

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has recommended a review of the financial advice industry levy ahead of this year's federal budget. The FPA is calling on the government to review the ASIC industry levy and move away from annual ...

High Court dismisses Westpac appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... High Court of Australia dismissed Westpac's appeal, determining the financial product advice Westpac gave to 14 members via two 2014 telephone campaigns related to super switching was personal advice, consistent with the definition outlined in section ...

New trading platform to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... an "autoinvest" strategy - akin to the way superannuation is invested. One way it encourages to invest in the long term is via the platform's partnership with ETF providers. Pearler works in partnership with eInvest, ETF Securities and VanEck, offering ...

Sequoia completes acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... companies for sale. In addition, Sequoia has acquired the first of three customer books, First Option Financial Management, via its subsidiary Interprac Securities. Sequoia announced in December its intention to acquire the books of Interprac authorized ...

ASIC detects imposter bond scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... investment at all. ASIC believes the scam occurs in most cases after an investor completes an expression of interest form via a third party or fake investment comparison website. Some of the scammers have been sending victims professional-looking fake ...

Maple-Brown Abbott finetunes Aussie equities lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The Sydney boutique is winding up its geared Australian equities fund after underperformance and dwindling assets, while trimming the fees on two others. Maple-Brown Abbott 's Australian Geared Equity Fund has been around since 2002 and uses leverage ...

Investors going in blind: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... individual investors, with hundreds and thousands of new, often young investors entering the sharemarket for the first time via ETFs in 2020."

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a shallower contraction in world output for the year ended 2020 - minus 3.5%, down from the October forecast of a 4.4% contraction and the 4.9% decline it ...

Fund manager hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... CVC. EDC's independent directors negotiated the proposal with CVC and entered into a share purchase agreement, funded via a cross-staple loan from Eildon Trust to Eildon Capital. EDC invests in industrial, residential and commercial properties in ...