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Global fixed income trust launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
MFS Investment Management has announced the launch of the MFS Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust designed to generate returns from diverse sources of alpha in a variety of market conditions. MFS said the trust takes an integrated research approach ...

Enforcement appetite is working: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
The prudential regulator has told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that despite tough conditions it has shown an increased appetite to be "constructively tough". APRA chair Wayne Byres told the committee that broader enforcement ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
BetaShares has listed the first Diversified Bond ETF in Australia with a significant allocation to green bonds. The Sustainability Leaders Diversified Bond ETF - Currency Hedged (GBND) will track an index of green bonds issued by companies and governments ...

Planners heed SMSF risk warning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
Are you effectively communicating the importance of diversification to your SMSF clients? Delegates have been warned how to avoid triggering the ATOs radar. Aaron Dunn, who is the chief executive of Smarter SMSF, has provided an update on SMSF regulation ...

Business giants attempt to crack financial planning

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
If you were given a financial planning practice and you had until June 2020 to raise its revenue by 25%, how would you do it? That's a question that was put to former Swisse Vitamins boss Radek Sali, former Costa Group managing director Simon Costa ...

State Street adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
State Street hired a new head of sector solutions for Australia and Southeast Asia, as the firm looks to expand in the region. Cara Brosnan has been appointed into the newly-created role, which will see her lead sales across all of State Street's products ...

J.P. Morgan predicts extended income squeeze

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
J.P. Morgan recently released its annual Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions, forecasting the 10-15 year returns investors can expect. The research isn't rosy, predicting sluggish global growth, modest returns on stocks and an income squeeze for Australians. ...

BetaShares to list new diversified ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
BetaShares has announced it will launch four diversified ETFs on the ASX in December this year. The diversified ETFs are low cost, all-in-one investment solutions that aim to provide exposure to a blended portfolio of asset classes, including shares ...

IFM to spend $25bn on Aussie infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
IFM Investors will spend $25 billion on Australian infrastructure over the next decade, in what it says is expected to create 50,000 new jobs. The industry-fund-owned fund manager will invest in existing assets including electricity distributor Ausgrid ...

Life risk insurance not profitable: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
Profitability in life risk insurance has dropped to the extent that the sector is now loss-making in aggregate, according to KPMG. The global consultant's analysis of the financial results of Australia's life insurers shows the sector made an ...