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Active ETF review results imminent

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... release the findings of its review of the sector as early as this evening. The corporate regulator has invited product issuers, market makers and the exchanges to send a maximum of two people per organisation for a joint briefing this afternoon, Financial ...

CFS culls grandfathered commissions, slashes fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... flip side, Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) earlier condemned CFS and other product issuers winding down the commissions earlier than the 2021 deadline. "Our terms of trade with the licensees state that we have the right ...

Global fixed income trust launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... security selection, duration and currency management over a full market cycle," MFS said. MFS said the trust will focus on issuers located in developed markets, as well as investing in emerging markets. "It invests in corporate government issuers and ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... bonds issued by companies and governments that have been vetted to avoid exposure to the fossil fuel industry or bond issuers engaged in activities "deemed inconsistent with responsible investment considerations." Speaking to Financial Standard, BetaShares ...

Super fund PDSs to include single cost of product figure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
ASIC has updated its guidance to superannuation funds and issuers of managed investment products on fees and cost disclosure, with a suite of new requirements set to apply from late-2020. The corporate regulator released an updated version of Regulatory ...

Sydney boutique heads for Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... It will invest in cash, term deposits, short-term money market and fixed income instruments, and hold a portfolio of 70 issuers. The eInvest Core Income Fund (managed fund) (ticker code: ECOR) has a return object of 2% above cash rate, from a portfolio ...

Calls for clarity on personal advice in DDO

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... the definition of "personal advice" does not go far enough. Under current definition of personal advice in DDO, product issuers and distributors are exempt from DDO when they 'ask investor for information' in determining if they are a target market or ...

VanEck launches new fixed income ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... the weight of each holding at 25% (meaning at the least, the portfolio will have four holdings) and rules out smaller issuers of subordinated debt for liquidity. In July, APRA told big banks and insurers to increase their total capital by three percentage ...

NAB fixed income sales director moves to BOC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... senior debt for companies including financials. "We believe there are opportunities for local investors to access global issuers and for local issuers to access global investors." It does not have a retail fixed income presence in Australia.

Magellan active ETFs retain Zenith ratings

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... head of property and listed strategies Dugald Higgins told Financial Standard. "If the regulator changes the way that issuers and operators of active ETFs manage internal market making, we will review any such changes at that time," The research house ...