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Active managers find no saviour in dual access products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... exchange-traded products (ETPs) will be a saviour - or at least a tailwind for their businesses - research from Rainmaker Information paints a far less promising picture. The research, which examined dual access products listed before June 2023, found ...

CFS unveils fund manager, fee changes to FirstChoice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... (RLAM). "CFS will continue to closely monitor RLAM and review this decision again in early 2025 or otherwise as further information comes to hand," CFS said.

Gap exists between licensees' AI use and governance processes: ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... would be to streamline applications for insurance claims, but the process inflicts a possibility of exposing private information of consumers, especially when engaging with a third-party AI model, also failing to disclose the AI involvement to consumers ...

ASIC secures win against HCF Life

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... circumstances". ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said consumers should rightly expect insurers will provide accurate information to them about their rights. "Consumers rely on this information to make insurance claims, often in trying personal circumstances. ...

CSLR warns adviser levy will balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... act in clients' best interest. Separately, a relief that allows financial advisers to rely on website disclosure information instead of providing a Financial Services Guide (FSG) when dealing in financial products has been welcomed by the industry. ...

Advisers share winning intergenerational wealth strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... videos have been created to explain these ideas in an accessible way, followed recently by a weekly podcast offering information that listeners can absorb at their own pace. Providing information people can absorb and feel comfortable with ensures that ...

Medium-sized advice firms flourish: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
Financial advice firms with 51 to 100 advisers are the fastest-growing cohort in the past year, new Rainmaker Information research shows. This group saw adviser numbers increase in aggregate by 8% in the 12 months to September. Conversely, groups with ...

ECB drops interest rates to 3.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... lower the deposit facility rate, which drives monetary policy decisions, was based on inflation data. "The incoming information on inflation shows that the disinflationary process is well on track. The inflation outlook is also affected by recent downside ...

Mandate appointments sink to new lows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
... not-for-profit (NFP) super funds and investment managers has spiralled into freefall, according to the latest Rainmaker Information research. NFP super funds and investment managers made 76 mandate appointments in the year to June 2024, 51% fewer than ...

Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... performance fee charged by some. In 2021, Australians paid over $32 billion in fees to super funds, according to Rainmaker Information. "Regulatory guidance exists for disclosure documents or a fund's MySuper dashboard, but when it comes to how fees ...