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Sydney boutique sharpens focus on HNWs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... shifting focus to HNW investors. "From 2006 onwards, [our funds] were backed by large instos and there has been a hiatus on finding opportunities for HNW families. But we are now finding assets at that $5 to $35 million price point that doesn't conflict ...

Aussies want to invest super in property: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
Around half of Australians think property is the most secure and profitable long-term investment, compared with shares, gold, cash and fixed interest, according to new research. The survey found that 41% of Australians would invest their superannuation ...

ESG ETF demand rises: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
Wealth managers are increasingly using ETFs to incorporate ethical and responsible investing, flagging that this strategy will eventually substitute the actively-managed part of their portfolios. More than half (55%) of the global 191 institutional ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... As an example of what kind of assistance people can access with 360Health, MetLife said one customer with PTSD who was finding it hard to return to work due to a recurrence of PTSD triggered by her workplace was able to get help through a case manager. ...

Less might be more in ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
A new study from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has revealed companies which received a single ESG-related shareholder proposal had a higher median sustainability improvement compared to those with many proposals. The impact of the first ESG-related ...

Mawhinney lashes out at regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney has accused ASIC of a witch hunt, saying a provisional liquidators' report proves M101 Nominees had no "smoking gun" - but the report actually refers to the company's business model as unsustainable. A provisional ...

Low rates put retirees at risk: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... that increased shareholder value instead. The research warned of the risk of tilting a portfolio towards value stocks, finding that the higher yield an equity portfolio delivers, the more substantial the amount of concentration risk the portfolio holds. ...

ASI bolsters SMA service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... servicing clients. "After a decade of structural change, increased regulation and industry reform, many financial planners are finding it difficult to balance an increased compliance burden and still give their entire book of clients the individual attention ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... affordability and accessibility for those needing cover is declining," the report said. "Increasingly, those with cover are finding the cost prohibitive, and the more-healthy policyholders are then likely to not maintain cover." The report, which includes ...

ASIC, IOSCO report on debt capital raisings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has released a report into its findings on debt capital raisings following two years of surveillance of market practices. ASIC's 668 Report noted that while a properly functioning debt capital market (DCM) is vital for the real ...