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ETFs dominate client portfolios: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... clients' financial plans with about one quarter of advisers receiving client queries about premium costs and confusion over product design or benefits. Term life insurance emerged as the most-used product (74%). "However, with the rise of the FIRE ...

Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... operated an unregistered managed investment scheme (MIS) without holding an AFS Licence (AFSL) with respect to the "Earner" product, the company was relieved of any liability to pay a fine. "The Court found Block Earner's contraventions to be serious. ...

Global X brings US infrastructure ETF to Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
Global X ETFs has launched the Global X US Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE) on the ASX, allowing Australians access to the strategy followed by the world's largest US infrastructure development fund. PAVE, which tracks the Indxx US Infrastructure ...

QIC backs startup investor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... co-founders Murray Bleach, formerly Macquarie's head of the Americas, Wendell Keuneman formerly Atlassian's Head of Product, and global technology investor Grant McCarthy. McCarthy said the funding is a testament to the firm's commitment to growing ...

Emissions data demand drives tech growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... upcoming mandatory reporting," Prins said. "Do you have litigation risk? Are your customers going to stop buying your product because it's too carbon intense? Where are you going to feel the pain? That's what we do. "IFRS S2 is now broadly established ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... with positive products and services can offer an ethical investment even though it earns some revenue from a negative product or activity, or if its products and services are used by some in a harmful way." The super fund added that where a company or ...

MIESF adjusts insurance premiums

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) will increase total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance premiums by 5.4%, effective July 1. MIESF said that while it has a history of providing good value insurance products at competitive rates ...

GSFM and Tribeca part ways after 16 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
GSFM and Tribeca Investment Partners have parted ways, effective June 1, after being in partnership since 2008. GSFM chief executive Damien McIntyre emailed staff and clients on May 31 to deliver the news, which he said was a mutual decision. "From ...

APRA warns entities on adequacy of backup systems

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
APRA has reminded its regulated entities of the need to remain vigilant when it comes to cyber resilience, identifying the use of data backups as a weak spot. In a letter to all APRA-regulated entities, the regulator highlighted areas of weakness that ...

Generation Development Group to take over Lonsec

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... immediately accretive to our earnings," he said. Founded in 1994, Lonsec offers research, superannuation and investment product ratings, and managed account solutions. "Further, we believe the acquisition will allow GDG to utilise the Lonsec Investment ...