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ASIC calls out licensees: 'We will take action'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... in 2022, which is one of the reasons we have made it an enforcement priority for 2024. "Our surveillance on this remains active and ongoing but we have spent the past two years warning licensees to lift their game - and my message today is that we're ...

Trustee boards fail to challenge unlisted valuations: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... prices applied to member transactions, member equity and reported investment returns," the regulator said. "APRA considers active and robust valuation processes, with strong oversight and governance, as critical elements within an RSEL's investment governance ...

JPMAM, iCapital launch new private market fund for wholesale investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... investors access to a sector traditionally reserved for institutional investors. However, PEG co-head Ashmi Mehrotra noted that active management is crucial for private equity, given the asset class's propensity for a wide dispersion of returns. ...

Social media, news addiction cost returns: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
Investors addicted to the financial news cycle and social media hype tend to time the market and forego substantial returns compared to staying the course, according to Morningstar. The "hyper-informed" investor is one who incessantly checks stock prices ...

Advisers call for apology from Super Members Council

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia and members say the super lobby group should formally apologise for its recent remarks about "dodgy financial advisers." Earlier this week, the Super Members Council (SMC) renewed calls for anti-hawking legislation ...

ASIC issues first stop order for crowd funding

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an interim stop order preventing Hirehood from offering securities under its crowd-sourced funding (CSF) offer document. The CSF was published on the VentureCrowd intermediary platform. ...

Ausbil executive departs after 23 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... work alongside Xiradis, in his capacity as head of equities. Condoleon will remain as portfolio manager for the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. Måns Carlsson has been appointed as co-portfolio manager for the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity ...

Lazard enters local ETF industry with infra offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Lazard Asset Management is now offering ETFs in Australia, kicking off with a global listed infrastructure active ETF. Commencing trading on Cboe today, the Lazard Global Listed Infrastructure Active ETF (GIFL) is a unit class of the $2 billion Lazard ...

Most in-demand skills for financial services workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Recruitment at all levels across most categories in the financial services industry has been lacklustre over the 2023/24 year, but there are some skills highly in demand, according to new data from Perceptor. The one exception has been insurance, which ...

Macquarie AM bags top manager gong

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... Caps categories respectively. U Ethical's Australian Equities Trust - Wholesale product won the Australian Equities (Active Core) and ESG (Australian Equities) categories. Rainmaker Information conducted the analysis across the major asset classes ...