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New Aussie ETF to invest in FAANGs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... will start with retail distribution through wealth and investment advisers, and brokers. It will seek a Lonsec rating after a few months of trading, to get access to the intermediary channel. Walesby said it could get to $50 million by this time next ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... the bank still assumes a cost of capital - hurdle rate - of 10% even after funding costs have fallen sharply over the past few years. It's time for the government to lead the consumer and business horses to come to the water of increased fiscal s ...

OneVue recoups $4.36m from Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... the two assets that fell into OneVue's control. Sargon has appointed Ernst & Young as its own receivers and managers for a few other subsidiaries to protect its interests. Meanwhile, Sargon Capital remains in external administration at hands of the Taiping ...

Australian ETF industry competition heats up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
Australia's ETF industry has become more competitive over the years but is still moderately concentrated to a few players, according to new analysis from Rainmaker. Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall calculated the Herfindahl-Hirchman ...

New partners at HLB Mann Judd

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... Adelaide audit practice leader Corey McGowan said Rickard's appointment helps with the firm's strategy of becoming one of the few mid-tier accounting firms in Adelaide with a three-partner audit practice. "Travis is well-respected in the South Australian ...

Industry fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
Members of a $25 billion industry superannuation fund are set to pay higher insurance premiums from April 1, with some paying up to 20% more for death and TPD. VicSuper has notified members their insurance premiums are increasing as a result of the ...

AIA income protection premiums jump

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... spokesperson for AIA said. "The insurance industry has been experiencing an increase in income protection claims over the past few years. One of the ways in which we address sustainability of our products in the face of higher than expected claims costs ...

Advisers choose remediation over advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... advice to get in touch with him, even giving out his phone number. Gordon was prompted to go public with the issue of how few advisers are applying for advice jobs after facing few applications for what should be sought-after financial advice roles with ...

Magellan cracks $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... bottom line. Last year's, MFG reported NPAT of $377 million, up from $212 million last year. And Magellan's has had a few firsts on the way: it worked out how to list an active ETF without giving away its stockholdings for free, it front-ran ...

Calls for review of advice regulation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... Services Act, National Consumer Credit Protection Act, and other obligations imposed under the ASIC Act and FASEA to name a few. "Often there is no harmonisation between these regulatory frameworks, or even within a single regulatory framework," CPA ...