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UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
UK regulators have proposed rules for a new 'Value for Money' framework for default workplace defined contribution pension schemes, which has been likened to an "evolved version" of the APRA performance test. The joint framework, developed by the Financial ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... on traditional timberland. Australia is one of the markets Nest has directed Campbell Global to investigate. It will also seek out opportunities in New Zealand, Chile, and the United States. It comes as Nest aims to increase its allocations to private ...

Assembly Funds Management seeks $100m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
Assembly Funds Management (AFM), backed by the Lowy family, is seeking to raise about $100 million in re-opening its second property fund. Australian Diversified Property Fund 2 (ADPF2) is rattling the tin for the second time after it completed its ...

Former wealth management chief ousted from financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... with its investigation into the conduct of Hewish, UGC, and its related entities. The regulator also advised UGC clients to seek independent advice and consider lodging complaints with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority if they have concerns ...

J.P. Morgan expands ETF suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... the solution for investors looking to complement or substitute existing dividend yield strategies. "Investors continue to seek high levels of income, but they also want exposure to stock markets with less volatility," he said "Australian investors, who ...

New shadow assistant treasurer's vision for advice, super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Luke Howarth has reaffirmed the opposition unreservedly supports Michelle Levy's Quality of Advice Review (QAR) recommendations and wouldn't go back to the drawing board, at an event hosted by the Financial Services ...

Court rejects former fund manager's appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
A former fund manager who went to jail for misappropriating client funds had an appeal quashed. The Queensland Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by Roger Munro against his conviction on three counts of fraud. Munro was sentenced to four and ...

ASIC proposes cash equity clearing and settlement rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
... interest, and external assurances on pricing and barriers to competition. The consultation paper said its proposed rules seek to balance the policy objective of facilitating competition while not compromising financial stability or effective market functioning. ...

London-based boutique opens fund to local investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
London-based boutique investment manager Atlantic House has opened its Uncorrelated Strategies Fund to Australian investors. The Uncorrelated Strategies Fund, which was launched in the UK in May 2022, aims to deliver positive uncorrelated returns in ...

Trend among young Aussies highlights need for affordable advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... X (formerly Twitter). Young people's personal trust in social media advice, combined with an increased likelihood to seek advice over social media, makes them particularly vulnerable to cybercrime and exploitation that threatens their superannuation ...