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Frontier adds to real assets team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... assets research team with a particular focus on assessing fund managers, investment opportunities and providing market analysis in the property sector. In addition to undertaking asset class research and manager and product due diligence, she will also ...

EQT reveals most popular fund launches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... This was followed by global and domestic fixed income (17%), Australian equities (16%) and multi-asset funds (12%). The analysis found 83% of funds had no primary theme but of those that did most had an environment, social and governance (ESG) theme. ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... are concerned that few of those left will be able to effectively manage their clients' needs. According to Rainmaker analysis of ASIC FAR data, there are currently 17,121 financial advisers left in the industry, and close to 1400 have left the industry ...

Beware super home buyer collateral damage: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... become worse, pointing out that minister for superannuation Jane Hume had at one point admitted this herself. ISA said its analysis showed that, "price surges would quickly gobble up any extra money first home buyers could take of super." "The nation's ...

Tesla axed from the S&P 500 ESG index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... lack of low carbon strategy and codes of business conduct. The ideology blog also claimed that a media and stakeholder analysis of Tesla identified future exposure risks from two separate events that centred around claims of racial discrimination and ...

Record number of adviser graduates: Kaplan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... completing postgraduate financial planning qualifications, the company said. According to recent Rainmaker Information analysis, the number of ASIC-registered financial advisers decreased by 15% in the 12 months to the end of March 2022;3075 advisers ...

ASX board diversity stagnating: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... now virtually the minimum standard, the report states, with 80% of all directors holding this qualification. Based on analysis of trends over the last decade, it's expected that women should represent 50% of all board seats by 2030. However, Women on ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
At first glance, the government's superannuation plan for homebuyers seemed a compelling proposition, but concrete analysis has revealed that at best it's only a marginal measure. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has applauded both ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... year, the awards recognise outstanding investment nous across major asset classes. They are the product of comprehensive analysis of hundreds of investment managers and strategies, performed by Rainmaker Information. The Investment Leadership Award finalists ...

Risk inflows hit $17.6bn last year: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
Risk inflows grew 5.5% in 2021, with MetLife, NobleOak and QInsure seeing the greatest growth. Latest stats from Plan for Life show life insurance risk inflows increased from $16.7 billion in 2020 to $17.6 billion at 2021 end. MetLife, QInsure and NobleOak ...