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Three actively managed funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
Three actively managed Australian share funds from BlackRock, Yarra Capital Management, and Platypus Asset Management have shuttered in recent weeks. The Platypus Systematic Growth Fund, which invests in up to 110 local equities, is shuttering after ...

AIA restructures retail insurance unit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... and provide consistent client outcomes." Further, he explained that merging the functions together will speed up the application process, as well as provide simplified and more tailored experiences to its customers "and it will deepen our customer-first ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... violence between government forces and one or more organised armed groups, or between such groups. Both trigger the application of IHL, also known as the laws of war. The violence between Hamas and Israel is front of mind, as is the ongoing conflict ...

Escala loses bid to restrain former executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... Management from working in financial services and soliciting clients. The Supreme Court of Victoria rejected Escala's application for interlocutory injunctions regarding the departure of its former investment advisers and partners Paul Sealey and ...

FAAA names inaugural awards finalists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has announced the 2023 finalists for its suite of awards, to be presented at its annual Professionals Congress in November. The newly merged entity has launched its inaugural awards, spanning six categories. ...

Future Super switches up service providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... charged a flat annual fee of $60. Previously, this fee has been waived. However, the fund explained that "changing the application of the dollar-based administration fee has enabled a reduction in the overall percentage-based administration fee, which ...

Provide Capital ordered to produce documents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... which a defendant can be forced to produce required documentation following noncompliance with the regulator. In its application, ASIC highlighted two principal ways in which Provide failed to adhere to its notice. "First, Provide has failed to produce ...

Adviser registration deadline extended again

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
ASIC has again extended the date for financial advisers' registration requirements to 1 February 2024. Advisers previously had until October 1 to register on ASIC's Financial Advisers Register. The original deadline date was set for 1 January 2023. ...

Global X launches cybersecurity ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
The Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUGG) invests in the rapidly growing cybersecurity industry, with a management fee of 0.47% per annum. BUGG tracks the Indxx Cybersecurity Index, targeting companies that derive more than half of their revenue from cybersecurity ...

AI to revolutionise investment industry: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... further noted that the investment industry will enter a transformational phase of product creation and innovation. "The application of AI and big data at scale and throughout many industry processes will be among the most impactful developments guiding ...