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First advice reform bill passes parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... Financial Services Guides, and improve transparency and protections for consumers who receive personal advice on insurance products. Before passing the bill, lawmakers amended it for highly contentious sections 99FA(1)(a) and (b) of the Superannuation ...

Global X launches currency hedged version of FANG+ ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... softened considerably over the past two years, and given this fluctuation, our clients are seeking to include AUD-hedged products in their portfolios. Given FANG is entirely exposed to the USD, FHNG presents a strategic way to achieve this minimised ...

Brighter Super launches Retire Easy Pension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
... committed to provide members and their advisers a new longevity product that works in conjunction with our current Pension products, as well as greater education guidance and support," it added. The fund also intends to launch a new calculator for members ...

AustralianSuper unleashes raft of investment and fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... changes to its investment exposures and fees which came into effect July 1. Across its MySuper, Choice and TTR Income products, the super fund has removed its exposure to listed infrastructure and listed property. In addition, it changed its exposure ...

BlackRock acquires Preqin in $4.8bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... portfolio," BlackRock chief operating officer Rob Goldstein said. "As clients increasingly evolve their focus from choosing products to constructing portfolios, this shift requires technology, data, and analytics that create a 'common language' for investing ...

ASIC takes action against Guildfords FM, director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
... predominantly from its failure to adequately supervise Atkins and MIM that enabled unauthorised high-risk trading of derivative products, specifically contracts for difference (CFD) that resulted in investor losses. The regulator estimated that about ...

ETF price war heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
... under management (AUM), reduced its asset-weighted fees from 0.17% to 0.16% p.a. This was due to fee reductions on three products, representing 33% of its AUM. The largest of these, the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF, had its fee reduced from 0.1% ...

PGIM expands APAC team with local hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
... sales tasked with managing the asset manager's sales and marketing strategy for a broad suite of public and private products. Before that, he spent 12 years at Russell Investments, where he was most recently head of institutional sales for Australia ...

Equip Super reduces admin fees, introduces insurance fee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... premiums. From July 1, Equip Super is reducing administration fees across accumulation, defined benefit and retirement products. For accumulation and defined benefit members, the asset-based fee will be reduced from 0.22% to 0.19% per annum. The maximum ...

Telstra flags ditching venture capital arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... by the end of the calendar year. "Consultation on 377 roles will begin immediately, mainly from areas supporting the products and services to be exited in Telstra Enterprise," she said. Meanwhile, Telstra is looking to offload TelstraSuper, announcing ...