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Quality of Advice must consider digital: Ignition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Ignition Advice senior adviser Andrew Baker has argued the government's Quality of Financial Advice Review must consider digital advice. In the terms of reference for the Quality of Advice Review, Treasury said it will "consider how the regulatory framework ...

CFD trading declines: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
ASIC's watchful eye over on the contracts for difference sector has forced investors to retreat from the risky trading strategies. The number of investors transacting in CFDs and foreign exchange in the 12 months to November 2021 declined 15%, Investment ...

ETFs had best year in 2021: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
The Australian ETF industry saw its best year on record in 2021 with $25.9 billion in cash flows and $134 billion in assets under management. Vanguard data revealed that investor flows into ETFs increased by 28% in 2021 in the face of ongoing COVID-related ...

Federal Court fines Mayfair $30m

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021
James Mawhinney's Mayfair 101 Group has been ordered to pay a combined penalty of $30 million for misleading advertising. In handing down the decision, Justice Anderson said the increased penalties were appropriate, noting that those sought by ASIC ...

Schroders launches Schroder Australian Equity Long Short Fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
Schroders has launched the Schroder Australian Equity Long Short Fund to external investors after successfully seeding the fund's Professional Class in late 2020. The fund aims to deliver returns for investors through long and short investments in growth ...

Perpetual launches active ETFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Perpetual Asset Management Australia launched one active ETF and is gearing up to launch a second. The Perpetual Ethical SRI Fund (Managed Fund) (ASX: GIVE) commenced trading on the ASX today. GIVE is the first in what Perpetual says is a suite of Active ...

Marketech partners with Chi-X Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... the recently launched ETFS Fintech & Blockchain ETF and Cosmos Global Digital Miners Access ETF. Over time the retail investor offering will expand to include data from Chi-X and other exchanges for a complete depth of the Australian financial landscape ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure a failure: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... managed funds disclosures," Morningstar said. Morningstar's Global Investor Experience studies, which assess the retail investor experience across 26 markets, have found that Australia is the only market with no consistent implanted portfolio holdings ...

ASIC issues warning to finfluencer sponsors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC is warning corporations that pay finfluencers to advertise products and services about potential breaches of financial advice laws. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said some listed companies are flocking to finfluencers for ...

Investors fear impact of rising inflation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
Retail investors are concerned that inflation will have negative impacts on their portfolios but are split when it comes to making changes because of this, new research shows. Investment trading platform eToro's latest quarterly global Retail Investment ...