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State Street ETF in franking credit kerfuffle

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... franking credits earned on their fund's holdings to the investors, State Street said in a July 19 update. "The first alternative is the '45 day rule'. Under this test, broadly if a fund has held a share for at least 45 days within a specified period ...

Financial Wisdom to shut down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... the advice sector as key drivers behind the decision. Advisers will be supported through an orderly transition to alternative arrangements, including self-licensing or joining another licensee, the bank said. "The estimated pre-tax costs of supporting ...

Imminent launch for start-up super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... underpinned by a managed account solution will officially launch this spring. Tomorrow Super promises to be the "smarter alternative" to traditional retail, industry and self-managed superannuation funds, according to co-founder and chief executive Wes ...

Boutique manager hires investment banking expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... rates weigh on yields, the listed and unlisted funds we offer provide attractive options for investors seeking to add alternative sources of income balanced with capital preservation to their portfolios." Expanding the firm points to increased investor ...

Patersons launches first SMAs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... most advised managed accounts offerings. "We see the two models that we've launched as being a very good low-cost alternative for small balance clients, who are looking to get better performance whilst having transparency over their investments but ...

Advice software firm appoints sales lead

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... development manager, in a new role created in response to "growing demand for a low cost, unconflicted, adviser platform alternative". Anderson joins from Stanford Brown which he joined as a business development manager in October last year. Prior to ...

Trustee firm adds executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
A trustee and fund administration services provider appointed a new senior executive to its trustee business to co-lead its expansion. Glenn White, formerly senior business development manager at Australian Executor Trustees (now Sargon), has joined ...

ASIC moves to ban direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... that consumers have a proper opportunity to consider which insurance product best meets their needs and then compare alternative products, without feeling pressured to make a purchase," Hughes said. "Such a ban is consistent with the Financial Services ...

Super funds keen on alternatives managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
Alternatives managers continued to win the biggest slice of institutional mandates awarded in Australia in the year to March end, according to the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report. Not-for-profit superannuation funds and investment managers handed ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... benefit schemes have fallen to just 28%, down from 34% in 2018. Bond allocations remain at 50% while allocations to alternative assets (property, infrastructure and hedge funds) have increased to 22% from 15% in 2018. This trend is reflected by investors ...