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Forager schedules LIT delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... at an average discount of more than 14% to net asset value in the six months before it announced it was delisting last October. FOR's average daily traded volume was just 37,186 units with a value of about $46,057. This represents just 0.037% of ...

Wholesale investor tests up for parliamentary review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... May 15 to file a submission. The new inquiry builds on Treasury announcing a review of the regulatory framework in the October 2022-23 Budget. This was followed by opening consultations to shake up the $2.7 trillion managed investment scheme (MIS) sector ...

Financial services class actions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... action was filed against IC Markets for consumer harm caused by offering retail investors the ability to trade CFDs. In October 2023, a class action was filed against BT Funds Management as trustee of BT Super, while IG Markets was the target of two ...

Demand for ETFs set to persevere

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... aversion to growth assets amid rising interest rates, Morningstar said, adding this trend appears to be reversing since October 2023, with prospects of falling rates in 2024. While the prospect of lower interest rates led to improved inflows for some ...

ATO refers SMSF auditors to ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... independence," she said. "ASIC will take action where appropriate to reinforce the independence requirements." Between 1 October 2023 and 31 December 2023, ASIC acted against nine SMSF auditors where it believed they did not meet the required standards ...

New Forests appoints first global head of funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... to the transition to a sustainable future," Rogers said. The appointments follow Sarah Campbell joining New Forests in October 2023 after the retirement of Margaret Cole. Campbell was most recently general counsel and company secretary of company secretary ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... government said it would do so when it could afford to. This enhancement follows the government's announcement in October 2022 that it would incrementally increase the scheme from 18 weeks to 26 weeks by 2026. As of July 2023, it offers a combined ...

EG to target intermediaries

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... with the recent hire of Mark Weingarth as its director of business management. Weingarth, who officially joined EG in October last year, brings over 17 years of experience in financial services, most recently serving as Charter Hall's New South Wales ...

Morningstar equities research lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... for the years since, Warnes said: "There have been bumps along the way, some larger than others, including the Crash of October 1987, the collapse of the Dot.com boom in 2000, the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, and more recently the Covid pandemic." ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... comes as Vanguard Super announced it had reached $1 billion in funds under management just over a year after its launch in October 2022, alongside the quiet rollout of a pension product. Close behind, Essential Super's Employer - Lifestage 1980-1984 ...