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AFA, FPA slam haste in ending grandfathered commissions

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... giving up favourable tax and pension treatments on their existing investments if they are forced to move to new investment products. The AFA shared similar concerns, and criticised the "lack of industry consultation, the limited timeframe and the lack ...

ASIC clamps down on opaque active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... any new active ETFs with internal market making while it reviews the regulatory settings for non-transparent investment products. This may include an industry consultation. Current active ETFs using internal market making will be allowed to function. ...

Clime ramps up private wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... are building the private wealth advisory business and supporting financial advisers with Clime's quality investment products and lastly, acquisition opportunities as they arise" Clime Investment Management chief executive Rod Bristow told Financial ...

UK fund manager appoints local lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... the mix. As part of its expansion Foresight said Nguyen would lead the launch of a series of renewable-based investment products, including the Foresight Renewable Energy Income Fund (FREIF) which is set to launch in August. The wholesale fund will aim ...

Fee discounts harder for active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... harder to process. "ASX would be unlikely to admit two different unit classes of the same active ETF," ASX investment products manager Andrew Weaver says. "There is an admission rule that requires each ETF to be sufficiently distinguishable from other ...

Downgrade follows fund manager YouTube apology

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... shareholders." Many of the comments noted that Hargreaves Lansdown, a UK financial services company which sells investment products to retail investors, had promoted the Woodford Equity Income Fund. Hargreaves Lansdown issued a response yesterday, in ...

Top performing ESG options revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... well as investment options that do not take ESG principles into account. The amount being injected into ESG investment products on an annual basis grew by 37% in the 12 months to December 2018. There is now a total of $30 billion held in super funds' ...

Advisers wary of ethical funds, launch own rating system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... told Financial Standard that consumers need ratings to understand the variation that exists between ethical investment products, and to protect against greenwashing. "As advisers we are constantly being bombarded by companies that say they are ethically ...

Impact investing an advice opportunity: Expert

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... disengaged from the product that they're trying to sell to people," Latham said. "So what I mean by that is that investment products have become increasingly characterised as money for money, if you like. "They operate in spreadsheets and algorithms ...

Former OneVue exec joins listed fund manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... investment offer and is actively investing in future growth through supporting financial advisers with high quality investment products for their clients." "We are pleased to have Stephen join our team and his expertise will add significant value to ...