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AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... SmartBeta Equity Fund is now available on the Asgard platform after having been seeded with $55 million from Financial Index Wealth Accountants (FIWA). The fund has previously been targeted at institutional investors, but this move will open it up retail ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... Springs, O'Connor said activism over environmental and social issues was becoming an increasing concern. "As a sovereign wealth fund, we get more than our share of attention from NGOs and active groups. Recently we had protestors in our office chaining ...

Throw out relative performance tables: Finsia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The industry body said the focus of the superannuation industry should be on the wealth outcomes of individuals over the long term, as opposed to other indicators of performance used by superannuation funds that ...

Wealthy investors bullish thanks to advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
High net worth investor confidence is up, bucking a trend of lower confidence across the market as a whole, according to the latest Certitude Global Investments investor intentions (CGIII) survey. The CGIII, which collates the views of over 600 actively ...

Macquarie adds SMA option to platform wrap

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... investors embracing the ability of SMAs to take the complexity out of managing an investment portfolio," Macquarie head of wealth product Justin Delaney said. "The decision to add SMAs to the Macquarie Wrap platform was driven largely by client demand ...

Netwealth brings portfolio management tool in-house

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... information. SMART was previously outsourced, and is a real time modelling and rebalancing system which provides advisers, wealth managers and managed accounts operators the ability to manage and implement portfolios across large client bases. It includes ...

UK FCA to review social media guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is conducting a review of how wealth groups use social media to promote their products following concerns that more regulatory clarity may be needed. The review which was launched last month and closes in November ...

Aussie bitcoin platform launches in UAE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Australian company igot has launched a bitcoin exchange online platform in the United Arab Emirates. The company claimed the new platform will allow ex-pats living in the UAE but sending money out of the country to save up to 7 or 8% in international ...

Questions raised about independence of van Eyk board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... shareholders has expressed concern about the make-up of the under-fire research and asset consulting company's board. Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI), which owns a 36% stake in van Eyk, remains concerned that there are currently no independent ...

NAB launches online direct insurance product

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... Essential Life protection can be applied for through a few simple steps and provides immediate cover to consumers. NAB retail wealth product executive general manager David Hackett said the product is designed to "make it simpler for Australians to protect ...