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Expand bolsters SMA offerings amid $10bn milestone

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... announcement coincides with the platform hitting $10 billion in funds under management (FUM) across managed accounts at August end, supported by its record SMA inflows, Insignia said. The new model portfolios have been added to the Expand Extra offering ...

Property fund management firm loses AFSL

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... well as credit licences of the following members: George Frossinos (credit licence number 391981). Licence cancelled 20 August 2024. J F Consultancy and Investments (credit licence number 392778). Licence cancelled 22 August 2024. Aspirepay (credit licence ...

Household spending drops in September: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... Spending Insights (HSI) index fell 0.7% month on month in September, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a gain in August of 1.6%. The fall in September was in line with expectations, CBA chief economist Stephen Halmarick said, as the bank predicted ...

Best and worst performing ETFs revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... InvestSMART in its inaugural ETF Scorecard report. The report provides a ranking of ETFs based on their performance to 31 August 2024. The best performing ETF was the Betashares Geared US Equity Fund Currency Hedged (ASX: GGUS) with a 46.6% return over ...

TAL changes underwriting limits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... St. George life insurance customers. Westpac announced it will offload Westpac Life Insurance Services (WLIS) to TAL in August 2021 for a sum of about $900 million. WLIS has since been rebranded to TAL Life Insurance Services (TLISL). The acquisition ...

Global X launches defence technology ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... holdings are Lockheed Martin and RTX (formerly Raytheon), the latter of which agreed to pay a $200 million civil penalty in August for the unauthorised exportation of sensitive defence articles. As reported by Financial Standard, Betashares also announced ...

RBA feels 'not enough has changed'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... currently assumed. "In this case, the cash rate might need to be noticeably higher than the market path underpinning the August forecasts, in order to bring inflation sustainably back to target by 2026," it said. The board said more tightening may be ...

VFMC fills new head of asset classes role

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... comment for additional information. The most recent notable appointments at VFMC include Claire Rogers joining the board in August and Tom Considine being named deputy chair. Rogers, previously a director at Payton Capital before its acquisition by ASX-listed ...

Federal Court quashes ANZ appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... Federal Court of Australia dismissing ANZ's appeal regarding the bank's fully underwritten institutional share placement in August 2015" and that is now reviewing the judgment.

Nanuk fund lists as currency hedged ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... quotation provides an actively managed, currency hedged version as an alternative to using passive hedged strategies." In an August investment update, the Nanuk New World Fund benefited from the performance of Medtronic Plc, Shimadzu Corporation, and ...