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MLC Asset Management grows managed accounts offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
MLC Asset Management expanded its range of managed account strategies to include conservative and high-growth options. The company said the expansion is in response to market demand from advisers for more transparent, diversified solutions for clients. ...

Females, millennials lead the way in SMSFs: Class

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... shown the highest growth with a 5% increase from June 2020. According to the report, ETFs are becoming popular investment options, especially for Millennials and Gen Z, with a 3% increase in the 35-44 age group and 1% increase in those under 25. Commenting ...

BlackRock, NAB Private Wealth unveil iShares ETF suite

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... "Based on NAB's client insights, there is strong demand from Australian investors for simple, low-cost, holistic investment options that they can use to build a globally diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds. Additionally, they would like to gain ...

A solution to active fund underperformance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... some of these funds having excessive fees, he added. Offering an alternative solution, Neiron said there are 'smarter' options, that target similar outcomes but with lower fees. Specifically, he advocated for smart beta products which track an index ...

What the QAR should focus on: MLC Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... regardless of their wealth. Ahead of Michelle Levy's draft report due later this month, MLC Life said it believes all options should be considered to make advice more affordable for those that receive it, and more cost-effective for those that provide ...

AMP North bolsters managed portfolio offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
AMP North has added 12 managed portfolios to its investment offering with an additional 21 new investment options. The wrap platform said its new portfolios, from Russell Investments and Zenith Investment Partners, cover a range of strategies and styles ...

Initial review of RIC strategies underway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... APRA will release its second Choice heatmap this year, with Cole saying that about half of the worst performing Choice options highlighted last year have now closed or soon will be. "As I said earlier, what gets measured gets done, and there is much ...

Optimum Pensions, Generation Life launch lifetime annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... an investment-linked lifetime annuity. The LifeIncome products offers a lifetime annuity with 23 different investment options and has reversionary benefit and death benefits. A statement called the annuity the first of its kind in Australia, and said ...

Financial product registrations up 30%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... product termination numbers for 2021/22 were also lower than previous years and very concentrated on super investment options, Donohoe said. During the 2021/22 period, of the total terminated financial products, 78.8% belonged to super investment options. ...

Sovereign wealth fund awards $700m mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... and high-net-worth investors. Qualitas said it is co-investing $35 million in QDCI. In addition, Qualitas has granted options to the sovereign wealth fund under which it may acquire up to 9.99% of the business. It would make ADIA eligible for the maximum ...