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New ETF for ASX All Tech Index

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... Australian tech stocks. "It's very early days yet but we have seen inflows from big global investors [pension funds and wealth groups]. Stocks like Afterpay and Xero are phenomenal success stories but there are also smaller tech companies in Australia ...

Freedom Insurance appoints liquidators

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... face a liquidity shortfall in 2019. ASIC earlier this month, banned Mark Schroeder who was the chief executive of Spectrum Wealth Advisors (a subsidiary of Freedom Insurance Group). It also accepted Spectrum's request to cancel its AFSL.

Super tax concessions out of hand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... concessions. "The rapid growth in these tax concessions will only make this worse," he said. Not only does the difference in wealth between rich and poor households grow in line with super tax concessions, but so does the wage gap between men and women. ...

SG increase will hurt women: NFAW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... this, the nature of the discussion around the 2016 superannuation reforms indicates that superannuation is regarded as a wealth building vehicle rather than a capitalised income stream," the submission said. "To some extent this seems to be consequential ...

New Aussie ETF to invest in FAANGs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... the ASX on March 2 under the ticker FANG (ETFS FANG + ETF) and ETF Securities expects strong demand from the retail and wealth channel. While broader international technology exposures are already available on the ASX (from passive funds such as BetaShares' ...

Xplore Wealth outlines 2020 plans

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
ASX-listed platform Xplore Wealth has announced a slew of new products and offers, set to launch in 2020. It comes as the platform provider releases its results for the 1H2020 financial year. Xplore is set to release three new products in 2020, including ...

Tax chiefs crack down on tax evasion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... countries, registers of beneficial ownership, information from worldwide data leaks and improved tax enforcement had made hiding wealth offshore increasingly difficult. "What this work shows is that tax evaders and organised criminals are resorting to ...

Morgan Stanley acquires E*TRADE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... share, which is about US$58 per share. Morgan Stanley said the deal will significantly increase the scale and breadth of its wealth management franchise, and position itself to be an industry leader in wealth management across all channels. "E*TRADE ...

Factor investing, sustainability a perfect match

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... integrate sustainability into investment strategies. Factor investing is a quantitative, systematic approach to building wealth, which relies on allocating to different factors rather than to different assets or regions, i.e. to allocate to value segments ...

Profits down as Perpetual looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... half of the financial year,impacted by net outflows and forcing a greater focus on "strategic growth initiatives". The wealth manager recorded a $51.6 million net profit after tax in the first half, a result 14% lower than what it achieved in the first ...