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Regulator issues interim stop orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
... absolute returns by trading in listed equities and by using short selling, leverage and derivatives, ASIC explained. The managed fund invested in property development projects is subject to project financing, valuation and construction risks, and the ...

ETF sentiment continues to grow: BetaShares

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... classes for ETF investors. BetaShares said the ETF industry growth is marked particularly when compared to the unlisted managed fund structure, which has sustained all-time record outflows so far in 2022. According to data from Morningstar, ETFs have ...

JPMorgan Asset Management launches sustainable ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... is then overlaid onto fundamental investment research by the firm's global research analysts. "As an actively managed fund, the portfolio managers have the discretion to invest in companies outside of those identified by ThemeBot," Shimada said. ...

Vanguard cops fine for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
Vanguard Investments has become the first investment manager to be fined by ASIC over greenwashing. Vanguard paid $39,960 to comply with three infringement notices related to product disclosure statements (PDS) for the Vanguard International Shares ...

North adds new managed portfolio capability

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
North has launched its new managed portfolio offering, Buy, Badge, Build, for advisers and their clients. Buy, Badge, Build will allow advice practices to choose from North's menu and customise their own branded managed portfolios. North explained ...

Marketing oversight must improve: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... responsible entities to meaningfully supervise their funds management business," ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said. "As managed fund gatekeepers, they need to monitor, supervise and ultimately approve the fund's marketing to investors to ensure that ...

ETP naming conventions updated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... Releasing feedback from the consultation, ASIC said the industry was broadly supportive of retiring the existing 'managed fund' label and expanding the use of the 'ETF' label, and that any updates to naming conventions should also apply across existing ...

Colonial First State launches sustainable growth fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) says its new sustainable growth fund has been designed to remove barriers to investing sustainably. The product, Thrive+, was developed after CFS commissioned a study of nearly 5000 Australians and found that of the respondents ...

Former van Eyk Research chief sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
Mark Thomas, the former chief executive of failed research house van Eyk, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to breaching directors' duties earlier this year. Thomas has been sentenced to 15 months, to be served by way of an intensive correction ...

ASIC suspends FTX Australia's licence

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... almost no way of detecting poor risk management from the outside." "Unlike traditional finance products such as a managed fund or ETF, if a DCE collapses, investors lose whatever assets they have left on the platform as they had no legal entitlement ...