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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 ...

Financial stress at record highs: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
Australian workers' financial stress has risen sharply, costing the economy $67 billion in lost productivity annually. According to AMP's 2022 Financial Wellness report, stress is higher than ever, almost doubling over the past two years. "The ...

FM Global appoints APAC executives

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
FM Global has appointed several of its senior executives to new roles. Its former vice president, manager, global sales for APAC, James Thompson has been named senior vice president, APAC division manager. In the new role, Thompson will be responsible ...

Financial literacy in Australia drops by almost 10%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
New data has revealed that more than a third of Australians are financially illiterate. Greater Bank and the University of Newcastle surveyed 575 women and 536 men aged from 18-90 years. The joint report titled: Financial Wellbeing and General Life ...

ASIC extends binary options ban

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
ASIC has extended its product intervention order banning the issue and distribution of binary options to retail clients until 1 October 2031. Since coming into effect in May 2021, the ban has successfully prevented retail clients from losing money trading ...

New Forests launches new division, appoints team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
New Forests Asset Management announced the formation of New Agriculture and the appointment of four investment professionals to the team. New Agriculture has been established to build a portfolio of agriculture assets globally, starting in Australia ...

ClearView Wealth appoints rehabilitation manager

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
ClearView Wealth has appointed Alicia Edwards to the newly created position of rehabilitation manager. Before joining she was a senior rehabilitation consultant at OnePath Zurich and also held a number of roles at Konekt. Edwards will be responsible ...

AustralianSuper breaks into world's top 20 pension funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
The superannuation giant has jumped two places in a global survey of pensions and now ranks number 20 with total assets of US$169 billion. According to annual research conducted by the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments, 15 Australian ...

Defensive equities strategies protect against downturn: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
A new report has identified five distinct types of defensive equity strategies delivering protection in different ways and with very different results. Defensive Equity and Market Downturns: Is This Time Different? issued by bfinance revealed the main ...

Increasing number of advisers look to self-licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
About 70% of the financial advisers that are looking to leave their licensee are planning to go it alone, research shows. According to Investment Trends' Adviser Business Model Report, about 70% of those looking to move in the next 12 months plan to ...