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Managed accounts hit milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... Planning, NAB and SMSF Advisers Network are the five largest advice licensees. IOOF is the fastest growing group among the big six - increasing its adviser footprint by 14% in the year to March, reflecting its ANZ acquisition.

Super fund commits $20m for housing affordability

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... members," said chief executive Debby Blakey. "We want to prove that you can invest to achieve returns for members and help address big social challenges like housing affordability. This investment provides a possible blueprint to help grow the supply ...

ASIC clamps down on opaque active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... Australia this month and most of this money is held in passive funds. Active products command less than $4 billion and many big players such as BlackRock and State Street have stayed out of the segment. ASIC first raised its concerns about internal market ...

Buy time ahead for Aussie equities: Tribeca

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Australian share investors can expect buying opportunities heading into the reporting season even though the index just hit its post-GFC high, according to Tribeca's Jun Bei Liu. The S&P/ASX 200 has climbed more than 1200 points or about 20% since the ...

Shorting doesn't have to be risky: Solaris

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... Martin touted one of the long short funds' success stories. "Twelve months ago we stood up here and told you that one of our big pairs trades was Macquarie long and AMP short - we've still got that trade on today, that's been one of our most profitable ...

Axe super for low-income earners: Senator

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
A newly elected Liberal Senator wants to make superannuation voluntary for those earning less than $50,000 per annum. Lashing the super industry in his first speech to the Senate, new Liberal Senator for New South Wales Andrew Bragg said compulsory ...

Open Banking gets another shot in parliament

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... sector under the Open Banking changes. The energy and telecommunications sectors are proposed to follow next. Three of the four big banks (Westpac, ANZ and Commonwealth Bank) have voluntarily launched the first stage of Consumer Data Right on 1 July ...

Australian fintech, Deliveroo partner

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
The food delivery provider has partnered with an Australian fintech appto help their riders during tax time and accrue retirement savings. Deliveroo partnered with Solo & Smart, a mobile app designed for the self-employed in Australia, offering automatic ...

Cooper Investors launches equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
The $13.5 billion Melbourne equities boutique has launched its first fund in five years, after running the strategy internally for over two years with a 16% plus annualised gross return. Cooper Investors said its new Global Endowment Fund will hold ...

ISA lays out $416bn super saving plan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
The peak body for industry superannuation wants to see workers' retirement savings follow them from job to job by automatically rolling over into a single fund. Laying bare its plan to save $416 billion in retirement savings, Industry Super Australia ...