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ETF investing at record highs: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
The ETF industry is seeing a rapid rise in popularity amongst SMSFs and financial advisers, according to the BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. According to the report, the number of ETF investors in Australia has grown 18% year on year, reaching ...

Concerns over rise of the mega-fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... add value is to actually take over entities rather than invest in part of their equity," he said. SG Hiscock believes this trend is going to continue into 2020, and larger funds will end up being tied to following the weight of their funds without picking ...

Life insurers lost $3.4b over five years: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has launched an intervention into the life insurance market in response to ongoing heavy losses in respect of individual disability income insurance. The regulator announced a series of measures, including ...

APRA responds to industry concerns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
The prudential regulator has responded to submissions seeking clarity on its proposed Business Performance Review guide. APRA said a number of industry participants raised concerns over the proposed guide in submissions. The regulator said a number ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... relatively small proportion because benchmarks are inefficient," Moore says. "Creating their own benchmarks is a growing trend for super funds but it is not dominating." In a shifting landscape, what sets active managers apart is their ability to customise ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... highest), Italy's 134.8% (second highest), the US' 106.1%, the Eurozone's 87.9%, and the UK's 81.7%. Given below-trend growth and weak capital investment, there is very little risk, if at all, of increased government spending "crowding ...

Super Fund of the Year named

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
Australia's biggest super fund has been crowned fund of the year at this year's Rainmaker SelectingSuper awards in Melbourne this morning. The $167 billion AustralianSuper took home the coveted title. Rainmaker executive director of research ...

Risk advisers a dying breed: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
The proportion of financial advisers specialising in life insurance has more than halved in the last five years, according to Investment Trends research. In its 2019 Planner Risk Report released today, Investment Trends revealed just 15% of advisers ...

Many benefits to going your own way: CMC Markets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... from large financial institutions following the Royal Commissions. He highlighted three key benefits that are driving the trend towards independence. One of those is increased revenue - Shade said a typical CMC partner who is an indirect participant ...

New advice groups detrimental to consumers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... irrevocable community harm occurs is with this permanent loss of capital that occurs with fringe operators, and we're seeing a trend back to fringe operators now. I think we should all be concerned about that," Gupta said. "Look at the AFR; you see these ...