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Ethical ETF assets surge in 2023: Analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... sustainability-themed ETFs surged by more than 24% during 2023, amid a strong year for ETFs broadly. Betashares' latest Australian ETF Review calculates the local ETF industry at a total industry market capitalisation of $177.5 billion, a 33% growth ...

Standalone laws key to solving legislative 'porridge': ALRC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... reviewing existing legislation to identify ways to make the regime easier to understand, including differentiating between a product and a service. "At 265,000 words, Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act is similar in length to the novel Ulysses by James ...

Aussie ETF industry hits $177.5bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... inflows. This is compared to $13.5 billion in net inflows in 2022. What's more, 2023 was the biggest year on record for product launches, with 56 new ETFs launched on Australian exchanges, up from 51 the year prior. "In what is certainly an accelerating ...

Cromwell downgrades assets by $192m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
Cromwell Property Group saw the value of its assets dive $192.1 million in the six months to December 2023. The amount represents a 7.5% reduction following an independent valuation. This is across eight out of nine properties. The real estate fund ...

Fee consent forms, FDS overhaul concerns FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... fee arrangements. Advisers should still be required to have clients sign a standard fee consent, but should eliminate product providers out of the equation, the association suggests. The FAAA said: "This is counter to the intent of achieving standardisation ...

Hostplus ups fees on socially responsible option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... Balanced option are now "materially higher", blaming increased performance fees. The industry fund recently updated its Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) to reflect the fees and costs incurred last financial year for members in Hostplus Super, Personal ...

UK to overhaul advice affordability, access

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... accessing their pension when they access it for the first time. Using a limited number of questions, advisers identify a product designed for their needs, characteristics and objectives of a target market that aligns with the customer's answers. ...

A third of Aussies want life insurance advice: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
New research commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) shows the number of people receiving professional life insurance advice remains low, despite a third showing interest. The survey polled over 1000 Australian workers aged between ...

QAR final response winds clock back, says FAAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... Association Australasia (FAAA) is now rethinking its initial support of the government's response to the Quality of Advice Review (QAR), saying the latest proposals could "wind the clock back five years" on the industry. Today, the government released ...

Final QAR reforms open door to super funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... remain real in any financial advice model which is provided by banks, super funds or insurers. What we don't want is product sales dressed up as 'advice'. We look forward to participating in future consultations to make sure the standards ...