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VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
VanEck has expanded its range of ETFs, announcing two new offerings to join its new Global Clean Energy ETF. The VanEck Vectors MSCI International Small Companies Quality ETF (QSML) and VanEck Vectors MSCI International Value ETF (VLUE) will soon commence ...

IOOF to spend big on BOLR

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
IOOF expects to spend up to $32 million on paying out Buyer of Last Resort arrangements with financial advisers leaving its network, primarily from Bridges Financial Services. At its half year results yesterday, IOOF reported an expected BOLR spend ...

Public sector super satisfaction rises

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... 72.9% followed by OnePath, Mercer, MLC and Colonial First State. Satisfaction was lower for members of retail funds run by the big four banks, coming in at 61.4%. Levine said the impact of the fall in stock valuations as a result of COVID-19 along with ...

ASIC extends olive branch to inside traders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... Ming Jinn Ho received a 50% discount to his sentence after he entered an early guilty plea in February to insider trading on Big Un shares and cooperated with ASIC by providing documents and interviewing with the regulator.

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The corporate regulator continues to hunt down perpetrators that give bad advice to self-managed super funds, sounding a warning that it is flexing its new powers in superannuation. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press told the recent SMSF Association's ...

Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... vaccination program launches us down our path out of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021," adding that, "Today is the beginning of a big game changer, there's no doubt about that. Its successful rollout will only further reduce the risk, and when you reduce ...

BOQ acquires ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... $88 billion and total deposits of $56 billion. BOQ said the acquisition creates a compelling alternative to Australia's big four banks. "Today's announcement is another major step in our strategy to be the leading customer-centric alternative ...

Big super locking Aussies out of homes: Wilson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Industry Super Australia says recent comments by Liberal MP Tim Wilson that "big super" is locking young Aussies out of the housing market are "scary". Wilson said the fact that first home buyers are unable to access their retirement savings to go towards ...

The future of quality advice: SMSFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
Investing in tools and data integration, being clear in value proposition and proactively monitoring client portfolios will ensure the future of a quality financial advice business. Speaking at the Self-managed Superannuation Fund Association (SMSFA) ...

Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
The latest GDP growth updates show that the world's major economies remain in contraction (in year-on-year terms) at the end of 2020 and despite the roll-out of vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic (and now its variants) remain with us, triggering stop-and-go ...