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AMP Capital bids farewell to active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... are a large and growing market segment in Australia. AMP Capital remains committed to providing Australian SMSF, self-directed investors and financial advisers with a broad choice of contemporary products and continue to see extremely strong interest ...

Bell Direct hires for new service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... responsible for enhancing the trading experience for Bell Direct Advantage clients who are typically sophisticated, self-directed, active investors. Bell Direct head of distribution and marketing Tim Sparks added: "Ryan and Lewis are both well positioned ...

Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... sink in, with many agreeing that the details need to be nutted out. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said the budget directed many stimulus measures towards male-dominated industries and will do little to address entrenched social and gender inequality ...

Super reforms modest negative for AMP, IOOF: Credit Suisse

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... government is proposing to subject all MySuper products to a new APRA-administered annual test from July 2021 and all trustee-directed super products from July 2022. Funds that fall five percentage points below the benchmark two years in a row will be ...

MySuper funds face new test, member bans

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... longer underperforming. The measure will kick into action from 1 July 2021 with MySuper and then extend to all "trustee-directed" accumulation products outside of MySuper from 1 July 2022. "The new performance framework will now be the primary method ...

Fintechs receive JobMaker funding boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... facilitate the export of financial services and attract inward investment. About $7 million will fund two blockchain pilots directed at reducing business compliance costs. The rest of the $800 million is split across the: "Digital identity system" to ...

Bermuda-based fund launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... Capital vice president of equity and funds structured markets, who sees potential for the fund for SMSF trustees, self-directed investors and family offices seeking higher returns from their fixed interest assets. "The underlying assets are US life insurance ...

817 super complaints during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... insurers accounted for 41% of complaints and credit card companies made up 35% of complaints. Just 14% of complaints were directed at super funds. "The data released today covers complaints lodged up to 30 June 2020. The early impact of COVID-19 can ...

Financial services laws under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... to achieve meaningful compliance with the substance and intent of the law," according to the ALRC. The government has directed the ALRC to undertake the review with the findings of the Royal Commission, Australian Government Competition Policy Review ...

ASIC delays RG97 again

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... derivative costs. The changes are also applicable to issuers of investment life insurance products, and operators of investor directed portfolio services (IDPSs) and managed discretionary account (MDA) services. "Trustees can choose to opt-in to the ...