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Smart beta 'taking over' active management share: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Financial advisers are increasingly incorporating smart beta ETFs in clients' investment portfolios, a survey shows. According to the latest VanEck Smart Beta Survey, over 80% of financial professionals plan to maintain or increase their smart beta ...

Viridian launches new specialist division amid acquisition drive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
Viridian Financial Group has launched Infinity Capital Solutions, an investment management division with its own AFSL, marking its evolution into a dual-structured entity. Infinity Capital Solutions (ICS) affords third-party advice practices and financial ...

Ninety-seven super products fail performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... Service's products failing. Meantime, three of Crescent Wealth's four investment options failed, as did two from Smart Future Trust's smartMonday range, and Cruelty Free Super's Growth option. Finally, corporate fund Citibank Australia ...

Link Group to cop $418m loss

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... million on Banking and Credit Management division goodwill, and a fair value write-down of -$31 million on the value of the Smart Pension acquisition. It will also record a premises impairment of about -$34.5 million on surplus real estate, and -$34.6 ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... insurance is just one aspect of these services," he added. "Understanding members' needs through effective engagement and smart data analytics can help optimise and tailor these services."

Diversa loses key super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... future," Verve Super members were told, adding that it was "positive news" for the fund. Equity Trustees is trustee for the Smart Future Trust which was formed when Future Super acquired the Aon Master Trust in 2021. A Future Super Group spokesperson ...

Netwealth relaunches Wealth Accelerator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... online portfolio management tools empower advisers to efficiently construct, manage, and rebalance client portfolios with SMART rebalancing technology." The update was supposed to launch at the end of 2022, as flagged in its 1H2022 results.

Macquarie shifts toward AI-first banking

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
... service functions," the bank said. "This includes generative artificial intelligence use cases in the contact centre with smart agent capabilities and a range of risk management processes to further enhance the protection of (our) 1.8 million Australia-based ...

OnePath fined over MySuper bungle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
Insignia Financial and OnePath Custodians will pay $1.5 million for failing to direct member contributions to a MySuper product. APRA has fined OnePath Custodians $1.46 million after it was made aware 125 default member contributions were not directed ...

Cboe launches first ever global listing network

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... executive, head of global listings Jos Schmitt. "Through our extensive global exchange network, Abaxx can access key financial markets around the world to gain greater investor exposure, liquidity, and capital-raising opportunities to accelerate their ...