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Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... year-on-year to hit $3.1 billion. Investors are increasingly adopting bond ETFs to gain four major benefits: liquidity, transparency, low fees and diversification. This is according to S&P Dow Jones Indices director of fixed income product management ...

ETFs: Buy strategy not structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... investing in unlisted offerings to listed offerings. I'd posit it has a lot to do with ease of use, simplicity, transparency, convenience and cost. "If you believe that's not just a short-term fad but indeed a long-term trend or structural shift ...

Trust in advice hits record low

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... proactive measures to rebuild trust among the wider population. One of the most important steps involves lifting transparency in every single aspect of the advice process," Investment Trends senior analyst King Loong Choi said. Despite this, Choi said ...

Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... stepped in by "taking inactive accounts and actively merging them [to] find their owners." The Government is providing transparency on how much super has been paid via myGov and Single Touch Payroll. It is also putting changes in place so that when an ...

Robo-advice register launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... Ratings chief executive, wealth Mark Hoven said the register of 36 robo-advisers was launched to provide consumers more transparency about the emerging world of finance solutions. "The fact that only 14% of Australians receive advice despite the large ...

ASIC moves on Dollarmites

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... set out principles for appropriate conduct and good practice. ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell noted the importance of transparency in school banking. "ASIC wants to understand the motivations and behaviours around school banking programs to ensure they ...

Adviser-client relationships not swayed by RC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... best attributes of an adviser are, respondents cited honesty and trustworthiness as being of greatest importance. Transparency and experience also ranked highly. "Across the board, consumers and SMEs want to establish a genuine relationship with a financial ...

Aged care RC will spook Aussies into advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... Commission) means for me?'" DRC Care Solutions chief executive Danielle Robertson also fronted the audience, and said transparency, independence and quality of care must improve as a result of the Royal Commission. "I've put in a submission to the Royal ...

BTFG to boost managed account capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... popularity and the benefits for advisers using managed accounts are now well understood. With business efficiency, and transparency some of the most commonly cited advantages. However it is the benefits to clients that are key." "In an environment where ...

BlackRock outlines ETF plans for Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... advisers go independent but it will be a tailwind for ETFs and the managed accounts industry, owing to a demand for transparency." Christian Obrist spoke to Financial Standard as a part of the back-page profile for our print issue. In his full profile ...