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Netwealth launches Milliman managed accounts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman has formed a partnership with platform provider Netwealth to widen the distribution of its first range of managed accounts that aim to dampen the effects of market volatility. Milliman's first managed account ...

European robo-adviser eyes Australia, taps Westpac exec

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... looking at the market; we need to respond using all the latest technologies." While the wealthtech plans to keep a low profile in Australia in 2020, it will focus on utilising Smith and Fisk's connections to leverage opportunities within the domestic ...

Property winners, losers of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the strengths and weaknesses of property assets; with clear winners and losers emerging in the wake of the crisis. That's according to Principal Real Estate Investors chief executive Todd Everett, who told ...

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... in the past, sought to put aside this constraint the result has been high inflation." Lowe noted that a number of high profile economists, including former Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer, have said central bank financing of government spending ...

Industry super accused of misleading consumers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... allegation that it used Google Ad Words like "term deposit" to advertise debenture products with a vastly different risk profile than term deposits. "At a previous hearing in November last year, I asked you why it was that ASIC had issued a penalty to ...

New partner at Stanford Brown

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... and continue to make a real difference in my client's lives." Prior to joining Stanford Brown, Stanford worked with Profile Financial Services as a senior financial adviser, where he served on its management committee and focused on self-managed ...

Volatility wreaks havoc with heat map measures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... neither a sign of a good or bad fund," Carruthers said. "It may well be an explicit decision taken to suit the demographic profile of the fund's membership. Of course, there will often be consistent underperformers but it is difficult, and potentially ...

Platform prototypes compliance capability

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... investment strategies. This includes something as granular as whether a client's money is invested according to their risk profile, or whether a fee structure is appropriate for the size of a client's wealth, Younger explained. The data is then used ...

Fidelity launches sustainable fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... equities, he said, as well as significant growth potential. It would also boost the environmental, social and governance profile of an investor's portfolio, Lecourt said. Fidelity Australia managing director Alva Devoy said investment managers had a ...

Aberdeen Standard launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched a new global small caps fund, offering access to high-growth opportunities and portfolio diversification. ASI said the fund aims to provide investors and financial advisers with access to a high-conviction ...