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Digital advice, fintech firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
A B2B digital advice firm co-founded by a former Vanguard Australia executive has merged with a retiree advice platform founded by a former Challenger distribution head. In a deal finalised this morning, SuperEd merged with Retirement Essentials. SuperEd ...

ASIC identifies potential risks in ETP market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... products. ETF industry in Australia has swelled rapidly, and currently sits at about $40 billion, as at July end according to Vanguard. It grew to $35.69 billion as at 31 December 2017 - an increase of 35.69% from $25.63 billion at 31 December 2016. ...

Vanguard shutters Singapore office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
Vanguard is closing its Singapore office following a global strategic review. The $6.8 trillion manager is consolidating its Singapore operations and client activities in Hong Kong, which it expects will be completed by the end of this year. "As part ...

Pinnacle splashes $50m on acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
Pinnacle Investment Management is acquiring a 40% equity stake in a Melbourne boutique founded by former Vanguard executives and is powering towards another acquisition. The multi-boutique manager is paying $4 million for a 40% equity stake in Omega ...

Westpac ditches SMSF lending

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... represents a very small portion of our portfolio and we will ensure that our existing customers are not impacted." A recent Vanguard and Investment Trends report splits SMSF asset allocation into the following: direct shares (36%) cash and cash products ...

Aussie fund manager drops fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... year to 31 May 2018. In May 2017, K2 announced it slashed fees for three funds. It followed from a round of fee cuts at Vanguard and Platinum Asset Management. For the K2 Australian Fund, the management fee fell from 1.54% to 1.31%. The K2 Select International ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... Netwealth and Banqer - Financial Literacy in Schools Finalists: MLC Corporate Super - Financial Literacy for members Vanguard Australia - Smart Investing Newsletter Wealth Enhancers - TV Show for Millennials YourWealth Hub - Financial Literacy in the ...

SMSF cash balances not ballooning: BGL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... software covering 23% of all SMSFs, I think our figures are reasonably representative," he said. Last week, a report by Vanguard and Investment Trends found the amount of cash held by SMSFs declined for the first time since 2009, coming down to $174 ...

SMSFs missing out on returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... How do SMSFs diversify right now? Australia had 593,000 SMSFs as of December 2017 - a 2% gain over the previous year. Vanguard and Investment Trends interviewed 1096 SMSFs, in a report released yesterday with respondents self-reporting that they had ...

Vanguard Australia appoints new managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... Australia is seeing a change of guard, with current managing director Colin Kelton moving to a US-based role. Joining Vanguard Australia is Frank Kolimago, who has been with the company for more than two decades. He is currently a principal and head ...