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ETP investors struggle to pick winners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
Rainmaker Information research shows that investors in exchange-traded products (ETPs) have struggled to consistently beat market returns. The research analysed both money-weighted (MW) and time-weighted (TW) returns to determine investor performance. ...

Advice practice valuations rise: Radar Results

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
Valuations for financial advice firms have increased in the year to June, defying expectations that inflation and wider economic conditions would dampen demand and prices. The findings are based on Radar Results' latest data, which saw a 6% to 11% increase ...

Former QIC exec now OMERS risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
A longstanding QIC risk specialist has been named the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System's (OMERS) new chief risk officer, reporting to the Canadian pension fund's chief executive Blake Hutcheson. Joining OMERS in 2020, Deb Barnes ...

Growth, quality stocks to outperform: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
BlackRock iShares APAC head of investment strategy Thomas Taw says the US Fed are "sort of" engineering a recessionary-type scenario, so the investment giant is tilting defensively toward growth and quality companies. As interest rates increased across ...

Australian Retirement Trust makes three leadership appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
There is a new chief member officer, chief of staff and executive general manager of advice, guidance and education at Australian Retirement Trust (ART). In March, and about a year on from its creation, ART overhauled its executive team to better position ...

FSC updates TMD template for fund managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
The Financial Services Council (FSC) released an updated template Target Market Determination (TMD) to promote regulatory best practice in the funds management industry. This follows ASIC's recent regulatory action against Spaceship and Mitrade Global ...

NGS Super names chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
Natalie Previtera has been permanently appointed to the role of chief executive after acting in the role for nearly a year. Her appointment followed the retirement of Laura Wright. Previtera joined the $13 billion asset owner in 2019 and was appointed ...

Advice regtech acquires TIQK assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
Regtech provider for financial advisers Fourth Line has acquired the intellectual property of defunct startup TIQK. The assets include artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology. Fourth Line chief executive Joel Ronchi said that ...

HNW population sees biggest decline in decade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
The global high-net-worth (HNW) population dropped by 3.3% to 21.7 million in 2022, while the value of its wealth decreased by 3.6% to $124.3 trillion, according to Capgemini's latest World Wealth Report. This drop, stated by the report, is the steepest ...

SMSFs continue to fly solo

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
Self-managed super fund trustees continue to shun the services of financial advisers despite the fact many concede they need expertise on regulation changes and investments. This is according to the latest Vanguard and Investment Trends 2023 SMSF Report ...