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ASIC releases grandfathered arrangement findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
The corporate regulator said it was pleased with how the financial advice industry ended conflicted grandfathered arrangements, with 96% of product issuers complying with the new law that took effect at the start of the year. ASIC found that 1227 financial ...

PineBridge launches Asia small caps fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
The $172 billion fund manager has launched its third Australian-domiciled fund. The PineBridge Asia ex Japan Small Cap Genesis Fund is an Australia-domiciled fund that feeds into the strategy's UCITS fund. The underlying strategy is benchmark unaware ...

Good year for active managers in fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
Good year for active managers in fixed income Kanika Sood Active fixed income managers outperformed their indexed peers in COVID-19, according to Zenith's review of the universe. In the 12 months to April end, the Bloomberg Ausbond Composite Index (0+years) ...

Hostplus delivers 21.3% to members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
The industry superannuation fund has delivered 21.32% per annum for its MySuper members, the majority of which are invested in this option. The $68 billion Hostplus said the result for its MySuper (Balanced) option is its "best-ever single-year performance" ...

CountPlus firm finalises acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
CountPlus member firm Unite Advisory has finalised the terms to acquire and merge with Coffs Harbour based advisory firm Bentley Brett & Vincent. The transaction includes an initial payment of $1.45 million and deferred payments over two years with ...

Preqin expands local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
The alternatives research house has hired two on its Australian team, as it looks to expand its local data coverage. Mery Apolloni has joined as a senior research associate from S&P Global Market Intelligence and Tanzila Awrna has joined as a research ...

Northern Trust launches low carbon strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has launched an actively managed strategy that focuses on high-quality, low-volatility stocks while maintaining a lower carbon footprint. The Quality Low Volatility Low Carbon World (QLV Low Carbon) Strategy is ...

Colonial First State reports 22.4% in super returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Colonial First State's FirstChoice Lifestage returned an average of 22.4% after fees and tax in FY21. The returns are aggregate across FirstChoice's different lifestages, which have different asset allocations. The 1990-1984 lifestage returned ...

Demand soars for global equities ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Investors poured their money into global equities exchange-traded funds, which took in nearly $5 billion in the first half of 2021. This is according to a joint analysis by the Australian Securities Exchange and Vanguard, which found that global equity ...

Former Hillross adviser pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Wael Kourieh, who was an authorised representative of Hillross between 2010 and 2016, has plead guilty to false document charges following an ASIC investigation. Kourieh pleaded guilty to one count of making false documents and one count of using false ...