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Old, retired males more likely to use a financial adviser: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... "the value that financial advisers and other investment professionals can bring to the table." Meantime, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are the most common product found in portfolios, regardless of whether a financial adviser is used or not, followed ...

Commonwealth Super reports strong investment performance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... their value was fully reflected in prices - building strategic resilience across investment options. "Compared with other funds, our MySuper option generally suffers smaller losses when markets are falling but still captures a significant proportion ...

Former Frontier alts head joins Evergreen

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... after manager research and due diligence and chairing the investment committee. Swaak has spent much of his career managing funds, fund-of-funds and within funds management teams. He moved into asset consulting five years ago. Swaak brings extensive ...

Betashares launches ethical fixed income ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... category," he said. The strategy is the ninth in Betashares' ethical and responsible range, which has now amassed a combined funds under management (FUM) of $5.6 billion as at September 30. Earlier this year, Betashares highlighted the boom in ethical ...

Federal Court quashes case against ex-Dixon Advisory director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... asset, leaving Dixon's creditors-many of whom were clients who suffered substantial investment losses-without access to funds or any leverage in negotiations. Justice O'Callaghan ruled that Dixon had faced a genuine risk of insolvency from at least July ...

FCA changes bonds, derivatives transparency rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... 1 December 2025. Separately, the FCA is proposing to extend payment options for investment research to pooled investment funds and allow fund managers to combine payments for research with trade execution subject to certain guardrails. On August 1, the ...

Liberal MP calls for SoA replacement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... reforms, SoAs will also receive a makeover, while a new class of advisers called "Qualified Advisers" from banks, super funds, and life insurance firms will be able to provide simple advice.

AllianceBernstein managing director departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... figure out what next, play more golf, and explore all and any opportunities I can uncover, both within and outside of the funds management industry," Karp said. "I don't know where this journey might lead me, but I do know this feels like the right decision ...

Federal Court appoints receivers to ALAMMC Developments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... Andrew Fielding of BDO, have been tasked with, among other things, conducting investigations into the amount of investor funds received by ALAMMC Developments and their related entities, and to provide a report to the Court within 28 days. The appointment ...

Australian Retirement Trust works to resolve ongoing outages

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... John Lonsdale flagged the regulator is stepping up its oversight of operational and cyber-resilience, including at super funds, to "ensure our regulated entities are equipped to maintain critical financial services in a world that is becoming more interconnected ...