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Macquarie cash offering soars

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... more advisers and their clients look towards the months ahead and setting themselves up with the tools they need to make smart investment decisions," she said. "We're also seeing interest in the CMA Accelerator Account grow steadily as we speak to ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... see an extension on opt-in timeframes given that people are reluctant to meet face to face during the COVID-19 outbreak. SMART Compliance founder Brett Walker is also of the opinion that opt-in timeframes are unworkable in the current climate. He had ...

Hamish Douglass remains confident amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... (but not all) businesses over this period. "Only governments can prevent these businesses from failing. The potential financial and social consequences are very concerning." It comes just two weeks after Magellan's annual roadshow, during which Douglass ...

Super women: Female-led funds on top

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... in Australia. "Having women in your super fund's senior leadership is one of the best indicators you've chosen a smart, well-run fund that is highly likely to be successful," he said. According to APRA, 35% of trustees are women, up from 24% ...

Women rule ESG, but gap remains

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... than just gender diversity, managing director and global head of ESG commercial at S&P Global Market Intelligence Lauren Smart says. "It would also benefit enormously from diversity of thought," she says. "To understand the evolving world we are in - ...

HUB24 hires managed portfolios lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... sector's increased focus on simplification, efficiency and compliance, while retaining the "core values and benefits" of financial advice. "Financial advisers continue to face a raft of challenges, as the industry undergoes both a structural and regulatory ...

More US giants added to Chi-X TraCRs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... Jokovic reveals his prediction that Chi-X Australia will be acquired within 12 to 18 months. "We are on the radar, as a smart exchange business in an environment that's a particularly great one with our massive superannuation funds," he says. "Australia ...

Corrupt adviser banned, AFSL canned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... financial gain priority over the financial interests of his clients. Shapter was the director and responsible manager of Smart Solutions, a financial advice business based out of Brisbane and Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. The ASIC review found the Smart ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... semi-standard deviation and sum of negative returns. The asset classes included are Australian equities, international equities, smart beta, property, infrastructure, fixed interest, multi-asset, real returns and ESG. The awards also recognise excellence ...

Sophistication: More than money

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... upon to determine whether they are a sophisticated investor or not. Sophisticated investors are defined by ASIC's Money Smart as investors with a gross annual income of $250,000 or more in each of the previous two years and net assets of at least $2.5 ...