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Conflicts of interest risk in funds management still high: ASIC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
Financial advisers who are vertically integrated or have a financial relationship with fund managers pose a potential risk for conflicts of interest, particularly in relation to costs and managed accounts, new research shows. New research conducted ...

AustralianSuper says no incidents of common ownership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
The industry fund says it analysed its $53 billion Australian equities portfolio and found no instances of common ownership. Common ownership of listed companies is currently the subject of a parliamentary inquiry led by MP Tim Wilson, who has said ...

Swell AM launches retail trust

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... Portfolio was only accessible to wholesale investors, but the new trust will see this strategy available to the retail investor market. The launch coincides with the appointment of Stephen Poole to the role of chief executive of the Swell Global Fund. ...

Criminal charges in property investor collapse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The collapse of a property investment group, Members Alliance and Benchmark, has resulted in 72 criminal charges. Last week, Richard Marlborough, Colin MacVicar, David Domingo, Liam Young and John Ramsden appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged ...

Adviser ETF take-up continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
An overwhelming number of financial advisers are recommending exchange-traded funds to clients in place of active management strategies, according to a VanEck survey. After canvassing 547 financial advisers, VanEck's 2021 Australian Smart Beta Survey ...

Investors demand credible climate information

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
Retail investors would have greater confidence in sustainability information it was subject to independent assurance, new research shows. The Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) Investor Confidence Survey recorded 87% of investors ...

Vanguard Australia appoints new managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... as the chief financial officer. In 2017, he moved to the US as the divisional chief financial officer of the US retail investor group at Vanguard, which looks after over US$2 trillion in funds under management has over seven million investors. As the ...

Tim Wilson grills NAB on super ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has grilled National Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan on whether super funds have undue influence over Australian banks, as funds own larger portions of the ASX. Wilson asked NAB whether super funds, as shareholders ...

Boutique bolsters ESG team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Fidante-backed boutique Australian equities manager Merlon Capital Partners has hired a new sustainability manager. Rebecca El-Khoury joins the firm from TransGrid, where she was also a sustainability manager. Earlier in her career El-Khoury worked ...

Should super funds consider crypto assets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Superannuation funds that dismiss crypto assets are at risk of underperforming, the AIST ASI Conference has heard. This is according to Genesis Block managing director Chloe White, who spoke at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 ...