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VanEck establishes foothold in Brisbane

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... efforts in the region. "VanEck has become the go-to ETF provider among the adviser community," Neiron said. "We are the leader in smart beta ETFs and the leading innovator in the country." He added that more than half of the ETFs launched by VanEck were ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Financy, Colonial First State, and the Sydney Financial Forum. "Bloch is an experienced leader in financial services, and in particular financial advice, with extensive experience in engaging government and in ...

ESSSuper welcomes strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
ESSSuper, the fund for emergency services and Victorian government employees, has hired a former UniSuper staffer as head of strategy and insights. Rosalyn deVries is taking up a senior leadership position that will be pivotal in shaping the asset owner's ...

ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... serious instances of misconduct it wants to curb. At the annual SMSF Association National Conference, ASIC senior executive leader for financial advice and investment management Leah Sciacca warned financial advisers that they have a critical role to ...

Reforms will strengthen retirement advice: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Reforms underway to expand financial advice will have positive ramifications for the SMSF and APRA-regulated sectors as it will ultimately uplift outcomes in the retirement phase for all Australians, industry experts say. The first day of the annual ...

Global X ETFs appoints new chief executive from Goldman Sachs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... innovator and integral to its growth and success. "It's our desire to take Global X from a rising star to a clear-cut leader in the ETF industry," Park said. In recent months, Global X has embarked on a "strategic repositioning" to jumpstart momentum ...

Mergers a boon for super member growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
Mercer, AustralianSuper, Hostplus, UniSuper, and Brighter Super recorded the largest growth in member numbers, according to new analysis from Perple - People Performance, underscored by mergers and stiff competition. Using APRA data of the 2022-23 financial ...

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... to file its defence. The first case management hearing is scheduled for May 10. According to Shine Lawyers' practice leader Hadi Boustani, up to 500,000 Rest members may be affected. "This was money down the drain for fund members who paid a premium ...

VanEck failed to disclose influencer's role in ETF launch: SEC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
VanEck will pay US$1.75 million ($2.7m) to settle a case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which alleged the investment manager failed to disclose the involvement of an influencer in the launch of an ETF in 2021. In the US, VanEck Associates ...

GQG records US$10bn in inflows, eyes Abu Dhabi office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... I can't predict the macro trends of flows in any country, including Australia, I'm confident in our ability to remain a leader in the categories we compete in," he said. GQG declared a fourth quarter 2023 final dividend of 2.6 cents (US) per share. Following ...