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Mantis in new distribution partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... asset backing and tax credits while still yielding significantly more than cash and term deposits." "TEPs are one such asset class, that until now have only been accessible to a handful of private investors/institutions. TEPs are uncorrelated to traditional ...

AllianceBernstein appoints global head of ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
AllianceBernstein has revealed plans for a global ETF business, appointing State Street Global Advisors' head of product to lead it. Noel Archard will be responsible for bringing AB's "diverse set of investment capabilities to the active ETF marketplace," ...

Online meetings to dominate in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Financial advisers will continue to host virtual meetings with clients in 2022 but the majority are eager to meet them face to face, a new survey shows. The global survey of 400 US-based financial advisers found that video conferences are expected to ...

Morningstar launches ESG focused managed accounts

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
The new managed accounts will enable financial advisers to help their clients meet their financial goals while still aligning with their values, according to Morningstar Investment Management (MIM). MIM said the new, hand-picked accounts are diversified ...

Aussies shell out $51m on crypto fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Australians have forked out $50.9 million on cryptocurrency trading fees as more intend to invest in this asset class. According to Finder, Bitcoin charges a fee of 0.6% based on the purchase price for parcels less than $10,000, while some exchanges ...

MFS recruits BNP Paribas executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... important hire for our business and reinforces our commitment to serving wholesale clients across the region with best-in-class investment solutions. This is underpinned by our company-wide focus on sustainability." Also commenting, Langlands said: "I'm ...

Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
From skyrocketing property prices to a foreboding stock market crash, financial advisers reveal their clients' main worries in 2022. Wild swings across the local and international share markets is a concern for many clients, particularly as indices ...

Super fund appoints ESG, listed equities lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... usual, and also to recognise and implement opportunities immediately, driven by a day-to-day working knowledge of the asset class.' Mann argued that working closely with other asset class managers meant she was close to what is happening across the ...

Insignia loses self-employed advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
Insignia Financial reported an exodus of self-employed advisers in the December 2021 quarter amid an overhaul of its advice fee model. The company, which recently shed the name IOOF, lost 118 advisers during the period. Most advisers (94) who left were ...

UBS acquires Wealthfront, opens multicultural division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... face-to-face advice. "Partnering with UBS will allow Wealthfront to offer our clients additional value-added services and best in class research that will help accelerate our vision to make growing wealth delightfully easy," Wealthfront chief executive ...