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Consumer confidence jitters abate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
Consumer confidence has increased to its highest level in nearly four months, according to Roy Morgan. While still significantly down from the same week a year ago, the ANZ Roy Morgan Index shows consumer confidence rose by 1.8 points to 87.8 this week. ...

New ethical investing app has launched

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2022
Australian-owned ethical investing app Kwala has launched, providing access to future-focused companies with credentials in ethics, sustainability and prudent governance. Founders Peter Bennetto, Patrice Newell and Geoffrey Zabell developed Kwala with ...

George Lucas to depart Raiz Invest

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2022
Raiz managing director and joint group chief executive (international) George Lucas will leave the company effective from December 31. In an ASX announcement, the board acknowledged Lucas' work in establishing Raiz and for his leadership of the company ...

Global X ETFs names Australia head

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
Evan Metcalf has been appointed chief executive at Global X Australia. In his new role, Metcalf will lead the company as it accelerates its growth in the Australian market following its acquisition of ETF Securities Australia alongside Mirae Global ...

Ethical ETF popularity soars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
Demand for ethical ETFs continues to surge, surpassing $8 billion, according to BetaShares. Total ethical ETFs listed on the ASX and Cboe are more than $8.5 billion, with BetaShares' range of ethical ETFs constituting nearly half, according to BetaShares ...

Australian Ethical chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
David Macri will step down as Australian Ethical's chief investment officer at the end of the year, after more than a decade in the role. Macri has led the firm's investment function for the past 11 years. In total, he's been with Australian ...

Still work to do on QAR: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
Michelle Levy recounted hearing feedback on the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) for the first time to a panel comprising Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Anderson, Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Sarah ...

The untold story of adviser education

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
On day two of the Association of Financial Advisers' Thrive Conference, Kaplan Professional chief executive Brian Knight said there's plenty of statements being thrown around about education, often without a lot of data behind them. However ...

A year of change: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Phil Anderson believes this year may finally be one of positive change. "We're out there seeing things that are going to make it easier for advisers to provide quality advice to their clients ...

AFA president positive on industry outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
At the opening of the Association of Financial Advisers' Thrive conference, AFA president Sam Perera expressed an extremely optimistic outlook about the advice industry's future. "I do believe we are turning a corner, the opportunities we have are tremendous ...