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Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... than $2.4 trillion in AUM. Locally, Martin Currie added to its range of active ETFs yesterday but has shuttered several products that failed to scale. The Australian investment team is led by chief investment officer Reece Birtles, who has been in the ...

SMC pushes for DBFO to curb retiree tax bills

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... (SMC) shows close to one million older Australians are paying more in tax by leaving their super savings in accumulation products. The SMC said 700,000 Australians aged over 65 and no longer working full-time have yet to transition their super to the ...

Bumpy roads ahead for traditional active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... diversified credit or non-investment grade debt will be better positioned for growth. This is due to the uniqueness of said products, where the strategies will not be easily replicated by passive investments. In comparison to active managers, super funds ...

Binance Labs becomes a family office

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... misclassifying them as wholesale clients. ASIC alleges from 7 July 2022 to 21 April 2023, Binance offered crypto derivative products to 505 Australian retail investors who were misclassified as wholesale clients, representing 83% of its Australian client ...

Super failures, greenwashing: ASIC's key issues in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... through guidance." The regulator added that it will continue to scrutinise disclosures where entities mispresent financial products or investment strategies as environmentally friendly, sustainable or ethical when they are not.

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... green' strategies which have sustainable investment as their primary objective. However, 'light green' Article 8 funds - products that promote environmental or social characteristics - saw net inflows for the eighth month running and best monthly result ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... strategy. Castles has a strong background in portfolio management, specifically with equity index and equity quantitative products, having spent over a decade in similar roles at First Sentier Investors' quant business, RQI Investors. She joined ...

Netwealth, Praemium see inflows soar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... September 30. Total FUA was up 29% to $62.1 billion. Praemium chief executive Anthony Wamsteker said the launch of new products as well as the OneVue acquisition added to the positive result. "The December quarter was noteworthy for the very well received ...

Financial services deregulation boosts economy by $2bn: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... be exempted. The government should also allow for the rationalisation of legacy superannuation and managed investment products so superannuation funds and fund managers no longer face significant barriers when transitioning consumers from legacy investment ...

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... risk in their future plans..." she said. "We've also seen more opportunities to invest in ESG-aligned investment products - there's been a proliferation of new ethical exchange-traded funds, which has grown over the past five years." The research ...