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Invesco winds down fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
Invesco is winding down a listed property fund for wholesale investors as it fails to achieve scale. The Invesco Wholesale Global Property Securities Fund - Hedged had $62 million in assets at September end via two share classes, started in 2001 and ...

Wealth platform adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
An investment platform for wholesale investors started by former Citi Wealth employees has added the general manager of distribution at Mortgage Choice to its board. David Zammit is joining the board of Stropro, as the one-year-old fintech looks to ...

Sunsuper cops rating downgrades

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
All four of Sunsuper's superannuation investment options have had their ratings downgraded by Morningstar following its revised ratings framework. The $70 billion industry fund's balanced, growth, conservative and retirement options are now ...

Self-licensing on the horizon

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
Consolidation in the financial advice industry is leading to a second wave of advisers leaving big institutions and potentially taking the self-licensing path. This is according to Centrepoint Alliance group executive of advice Paul Cullen, who said ...

BT cuts Wealth Connect

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
BT has proposed changes to its Wealth Connect business which could see at least 38 roles become redundant, as Westpac continues to review its wealth platform, superannuation, investments and insurance businesses. BT's Wealth Connect team provides ...

Multi-boutique adds investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
A multi-boutique that launched earlier this year has added two new fund managers to its stable. Mantis Funds is now providing distribution and operations support to Gyrostat Capital Management and Terra Capital. Mantis was launched in June this year ...

Man arrested over investment scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has culminated in an arrest over a suspected investment scam. The 42-year-old Melbourne man was arrested following a joint investigation by ASIC and Victoria Police E-Crime Squad ...

ISA calls for super tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has called for the stage two tax cuts to be matched by a change to the Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset (LISTO) to help boost the retirement savings of women. ISA said this move could help add tens of thousands of ...

A new model is coming: Licensees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
At the Association of Financial Advisers' Conference, a panel of licensee executives agreed that the advice industry will be pushed towards a new model in the coming years. The panel, facilitated by CoreData founder and principal Andrew Inwood, saw ...

Grow Super founder sentenced in betting scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
The founder of Grow Super has been sentenced, after pleading guilty to gambling with insider information. Appearing yesterday, Joshua Wilson was sentenced in Downing Centre Local Court to 18 months good behaviour. He was not fined or given a custodial ...