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'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... before a red flag is raised. Speaking to Financial Standard, Constant said that $20,000 fee cap is perhaps the starkest finding of all. "If you're sitting at a trustee board and you see a $20,000 fee can be deducted before it raises a flag, that's ...

ASIC slams funds' serious deficiencies over advice fee charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... Getting into the nitty gritty, ASIC said trustees should carefully consider the size and structure of their fee caps, finding ongoing percentage-based fee caps ranged from 2.2% to 5% of a balance while non-ongoing flat-dollar fee caps ranged from $1500 ...

Australian Retirement Trust wraps up AvSuper merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... as a merger partner due to its similar culture and member-first alignment. "We first commenced the thorough process of finding a suitable merger partner back in 2021 and were impressed by the value ART offered our members," he said. "With this merge ...

Former Diverger managing director joins VBP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... made increasingly relevant by Australia's current skills shortage. "One of the biggest challenges facing businesses is finding and maintaining talent, and VBP is ideally positioned to help advisers solve that problem. There is also an exciting opportunity ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... the implementation of robust investment governance frameworks by asset owners cannot be overstated," Chris said. Another finding from the survey was that 37% of survey respondents said they need to examine their investment portfolios through too many ...

Future Fund deputy CIO jumps to Blue Owl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... properly or don't do this at all," he said. "We prioritise working with sophisticated investors, who are invested in finding solutions - we are not here to simply push products." "Our established relationships with pensions and sovereign wealth funds ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... for buybacks. But one down year from multi-year highs is not evidence that this is happening. It is all about companies finding the appropriate balance between capital expenditure, their financing needs and shareholder returns via dividends, buybacks ...

Impact Alpha Partners adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... Corporation. "We are thrilled to welcome an individual of Adam's calibre to apply his formidable quantitative skills in finding solutions to impact investing problems," Huang said. Also commenting, Randall said: "I am excited to join Impact Alpha Partners ...

JANA appoints new director of client development

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... support JANA's growth across NFPs and wealth practices," JANA head of client development Sai Srinivasan said. "We are finding a broader range of clients seeking institutional quality advice and access to unique investment opportunities. With our strong ...

FCA issues notices to Link Fund Solutions, Woodford

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) investigation into the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF) finds that the failures of Link Fund Solutions (LFS) and "star stock picker" Neil Woodford ultimately led to the fund's demise, leading to the ...