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Active Super, Vision Super finally sign transfer deed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... Almost two years on from confirming merger talks, the two super funds have set a date for the successor fund transfer. Active Super will merge into Vision Super on 1 March 2025, following the signing of a successor fund transfer deed. It was initially ...

Price dislocations pave way for active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
The current market is ripe for active equity fund management skills to shine given the price dislocations, and most notably in regions outside of the US, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Every time the spread widens out between the most expensive ...

Members' attitude, behaviour key to better engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
New research suggests superannuation funds need to focus more on attitudinal and behavioural insights if they're to improve engagement. The latest CSBA FEAL Superannuation Experience & Engagement Benchmark expanded its coverage to survey super fund ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... adviser population peaked at nearly 30,000 at the end of 2018 in the throes of the Hayne Royal Commission. There were 15,602 active advisers at the end of April this year. While the advice sector may seem fragmented and unable to agree on policy issues ...

FAAA calls for 'fairness' ahead of Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has called on the Federal government to better manage costs across the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and implement a fairer ASIC funding levy for advisers. In its pre-budget submission ...

ASIC slams funds' serious deficiencies over advice fee charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
A review by ASIC has found evidence of poor oversight of advice fee deductions by superannuation trustees, with some allowing charges of up to $20,000 before raising concerns and some not conducting any checks of advice documents at all. ASIC is calling ...

J.P. Morgan hit with $775k penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited (JPMSAL) has been hit with a $775,000 fine by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The MDP found JPMSAL permitted suspicious ...

Fidelity to roll out more active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
The fund manager is looking to significantly boost its local lineup of active ETFs. Fidelity is seeking the approval of unitholders to modify the constitutions of a number of its managed funds to enable listing of a class of units on either the ASX ...

Performance test needs better metrics, durability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... benchmark or indices focused. "This leads more funds to focus more on the passive management side and reduces more of that active management. It also encourages more short-term investment decisions as funds are now actively managing the performance test ...

Janus Henderson acquires NBK Wealth, Tabula Investment Management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... across 15 countries. The firm plans to maintain all existing Tabula products and use the platform to launch a range of new active products. "Tabula's existing infrastructure and ecosystem offers us instant access to an institutional platform that we ...