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BNY Mellon IM boutique heads for ASX mFunds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... platforms. The company said the mFund addition is an important step in Insight Australia's goal of providing access to the fund via all major investment platforms. "The key step we took when designing this strategy for clients 15 years ago was replacing ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... a relative blunt way to reflect shorter views, therefore holding all the underlying building blocks directly (rather than via funds) gives more flexibility and provides efficiency." Compared to traditional multi-asset products, the fund takes a dynamic ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... unreliable movement of gold prices could have consequences for institutions like super funds which often have exposures to gold via allocations to real assets, commodities and hedge funds. "Some Australian equity strategies may serve as a proxy for commodity ...

Life insurers prepare for grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Key players in Australia's life insurance sector are preparing to face a grilling by parliamentarians via videoconference next week. Next week several major life insurance firms and advocacy bodies will face up to the scrutiny of the House of Representatives ...

IOOF, CountPlus, Iress want better path to fee consent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... superannuation trustees to be satisfied that consent for ongoing service has been given to the adviser before deducting advice fees via a platform. There have been concerns in the financial advice industry that the legislation will create much more administrative ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... that Shadforth is now mulling the possibility of launching a low-cost advice model which would see advisers service clients via Zoom meetings and screen sharing. Dillon told Financial Standard the prospect of operating Shadforth from a distance by wholeheartedly ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... back a Sydney-based boutique's plans to launch a new fund. Contact Asset Management tested its new small/mid cap fund via a paper portfolio for 18 months, before hitting launch in mid-March. The firm is owned by Washington H Soul Pattison, Tom Millner ...

AIOFP launches fresh campaign, criticises FPA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... AIOFP thinks mortgage brokers achieved a better outcome for their businesses and commissions by going straight to consumers via their client base with a clear message that if banks have less commission, consumers pay more. In a white paper touching on ...

Advisers adapt as crisis unfolds

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Despite both the health and economic destruction that the COVID-19 pandemic has left in its wake, the environment, albeit dark, has highlighted the value of Australia's advice industry. The human element of advice; the ability to connect with someone ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... around every decade," he said. "In the 80s countries such as Korea and Japan had the greatest returns, in the 90s it was the US via the tech bubble, and in the 2000s it was China and Emerging Markets such as Brazil. "The 10's were again dominated ...