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The transferrable skills for advisers who changed careers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... down points, and then once that person's finished, you create a bit more silence to let them give you a bit more [information]. When you get to the end of the story, we go back on those points to elaborate..." he said. "At the end of the day, the ...

Managers struggle to secure positive net flows in FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
A minority of investment managers have had positive net flows over the past year, according to Rainmaker Information. Of the 158 investment managers tracked in the research house's managed funds database, only 62 saw net inflows, while 96 experienced ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... "Australia's life insurers have never wanted to do anything to discourage people from taking genetic tests and accessing the information they need to make informed choices about their health," she said. "Australia's life insurers put in place ...

ASIC issues warning over shoddy DDO practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... longer suitable for certain consumers. The regulator said it observed very few instances in which issuers used existing information they had on file about a particular consumer to help assess whether they'd fit target market requirements. This includes ...

Passive funds save $14.4bn in fees: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... invested in low-cost index funds and the disadvantages of investing into high-cost fund alternatives," he said. Rainmaker Information found that the asset-weighted fees of Vanguard, Betashares, BlackRock, VanEck, and Global X fell between 2% and 14% ...

Financial Standard wins Impact Award

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... home the award for Financial Services Publication of the Year, an honour that recognises a "publication or adviser information medium that consistently delivers insightful, educational, and topical content." Commenting on the win, Financial Standard ...

Australian Ethical locks in new custodian

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... three years to 30 June 2024. Meanwhile, over the past 10 years, it's returned 6.8% per annum, according to Rainmaker Information. These returns lag the median for comparable options, which were 4.6% and 7.2%, respectively, over the same periods.

End of the road for three Franklin Templeton funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... to investors." The Diversified Income Fund had $13.8 million in assets at the end of July, according to Rainmaker Information. It aimed to earn an after-fee return in excess of its benchmarks that included the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index and Bloomberg ...

Super funds fail to meet millennial members' expectations: ASIC roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... Simone Constant, highlighted a "significant transparency gap." Panellists discussed the need to improve access to information and tools, such as calculators, to foster goal setting, noting that while some funds provide these services, they're often ...

FSU campaigns against workplace surveillance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... unnecessarily and without their prior knowledge. "Additionally, we advocate for the right of workers to access any information collected through surveillance and to ensure that such data cannot be used in disciplinary or performance management processes," ...