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AMP establishes AMP Investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
With the transfer of the AMP Capital multi-asset group into its wealth management business now complete, AMP has created AMP Investments. Run by chief investment officer Anna Shelley, AMP Investments oversees $84.7 billion in assets which includes funds ...

Vanguard terminates multi-factor active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
Three years on from listing as the first of its kind on the ASX, the Vanguard Global Multi-Factor Active ETF (Managed Fund) will be terminated next month. The Vanguard Global Multi-Factor Active ETF (Managed Fund) (VGMF) listed in April 2019 and marked ...

EQT reveals most popular fund launches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
Equity Trustees has found that the most popular recent fund launches are in global equities, but there is also strong growth in retail and ESG themed funds. The 100 body of research developed by Equity Trustees has shown that 34% of funds brought to ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
Australian global dividends have completed their pandemic recovery and have eclipsed the previous 12-month record set in September 2019 by $6.7 billion. The latest Janus Henderson global dividend index shows that Australian dividends totalled $97.9 ...

Charges laid in lengthy ASIC investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
A former financial adviser who was permanently banned in 2016 for using close to $2 million in client funds for his own use has now been charged with 17 offences related to the alleged fraudulent transfer of shares to himself. Ashley Howard of Hobart ...

US inflation wavers near a 40-year high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
The US inflation rate has fallen to 8.3%, but the Consumer Price Index continues to flirt with catastrophic 40-year highs. The index also revealed that costs had risen by a monthly rate of 0.3% in April after having risen 1.2% in March. This decline ...

ASX CHESS replacement delayed again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
After advising there was a chance there would be further delays back in March, the ASX has today confirmed the CHESS replacement will not be ready by April 2023. In an update, the ASX said the April 2023 go-live is no longer viable. "This decision reflects ...

Magellan appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
Magellan Financial Group has named its new chief executive and managing director, hiring from the Future Fund. Currently deputy chief investment officer, public markets at Future Fund, David George will take on the top job at embattled Magellan from ...

Schroders private wealth sales lead in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
The head of private wealth sales at Schroders Australia has departed, taking up a new role with an ASX-listed alternatives manager. After 11 years with the company, Chris Boyd has departed Schroders where he led private wealth sales since August 2021. ...

Senator Bragg defends domestic crypto ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
In a letter to ASIC, Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has welcomed foreign crypto ETF competition but not before domestic products have become widely available. Bragg asked the regulator to confirm it will not provide an uneven playing field for foreign ...