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Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... said. "That's why Lonsec is introducing a new sustainability rating and will provide data on how individual investment products stack up against the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals." Financial Planning Association of Australia head of ...

Super fee obsession must stop

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... and regulatory changes in recent years is an increased (and problematic) focus on highly liquid, low-cost investment products in default superannuation funds and the implied need for superannuation funds to increase liquid holdings." "Drivers of this ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... brokers a commission even after the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms banned such payments on most investment products. The consultation, which was announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, will consider the merits of this exemption granted to ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... shake out and quite a bit of wealth destruction," Doyle warned. Choi said investors are looking to managed investment products to safeguard their wealth. "More investors are prioritising capital preservation and generating a stable income stream, he ...

Stamping fees consultation kicks off

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... reforms in 2013 put an end to commissions that financial advisers could collect from putting clients into investment products such as unlisted trusts. However, the new legislation permitted advisers to continue collecting commissions on stock exchange-listed ...

Fixed income ETFs prosper despite low rates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... over the year. "While fixed income products do not generally deliver high returns when compared with other investment products, they can play a crucial role in most investors' portfolios by providing diversification, and income and downside protection," ...

Acadian taps CFS executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... with the addition of a Colonial First State executive manager. Former CFS executive manager of deposits and investment products Mark Mukundan has joined the $140 billion quantitative firm's Australian office in a newly created role. He joins as vice ...

Radio host adviser revealed as alleged fraudster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... charged alleges that he received millions in undisclosed compensation and benefits for recommending certain investment products - without disclosing any conflicts of interest. Springer is alleged to have misled prospective clients into believing he was ...

Australians gifted new tech index

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... Technology Index which only features 13 companies. ASX executive general manager of listings, issuer services and investment products Max Cunningham described it as the first major index launch in some time, at least, during his six years at the ASX. ...

Super fund PDSs to include single cost of product figure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
ASIC has updated its guidance to superannuation funds and issuers of managed investment products on fees and cost disclosure, with a suite of new requirements set to apply from late-2020. The corporate regulator released an updated version of Regulatory ...