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ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... options," Zaychuk said. "We believe that the growth in strategic-beta ETF popularity is here to stay, with cost playing a major role. The average fee for a strategic-beta ETF is 0.44% (as of December 2019, according to Morningstar Direct), which is only ...

Challenger boutique winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... show the fund had $11.5 million in net assets at June 2018. A year later, assets had tumbled to about $3.3 million. After a major unitholder pulled their money in 2019, the fund slipped below $2 million. Kinetic Investment Partners was set up in 2005 ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... aforementioned institutions, with ASIC staff spending 216 days and conducting 739 meetings with banking staff at all levels of the major banks and AMP between October 2018 and December 2019. ASIC emphasised that some, but not all of its recent work had ...

Super funds snub millions of Aussies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
Australia's superannuation funds are the worst offenders when it comes to meeting the needs of the over five million Australians who do not speak English at home, according to new research. A survey conducted by LanguageLoop found that 81% of respondents ...

Consumers trust Google over advisers: NobleOak

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
New research by independent life insurer NobleOak has found close to half of all consumers are turning to the internet over advisers for guidance on their financial goals and needs. It points to the digital revolution and fallout from the Royal Commission ...

SG increase will hurt women: NFAW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) said increasing the super guarantee will hurt women and the age pension should remain a strong element of the retirement income system. In its submission to the Treasury the NFAW said the superannuation ...

Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
Wells Fargo will fork out $4.5 billion to resolve the fake account scandal that has continued to rattle the world's fourth largest bank since 2016. The $4.5 billion (US$3 billion) settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
For investors keen to claim their stake in local tech companies early in the wave, financial advisers have a new solution. Today the Australian stock exchange launched a new technology index, the S&P/ASX All Tech index, which in its early days will ...

Bell FG appoints director, releases FY results

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... producing a contract note and to continue to grow via a new business stream. We are currently engaged in discussions with a major ASX Participant who we hope will become our first external client."

Lendlease, Canadian pension fund expand partnership

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... the Build-to-Rent sector in the UK with an increasing number of households shifting to private rentals, particularly in major urban centres." "By working with Lendlease, one of the largest global real estate developers, we will aim to address the Build-to-Rent ...