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Advisers must prioritise Conflicts Priority Rule: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
After assessing a large volume of Dixon Advisory complaints, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) warned financial advisers of their responsibilities to manage conflicts of interest under the Conflicts Priority Rule. AFCA senior ombudsman ...

Major global trends impacting advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
High interest rates (70%), economic downturn and inflation risks (both 68.8%), and the impact of central bank policy (61.3%) usurped any concerns about this year's election cycle for Australian financial advisers and investors, according to this year's ...

ClearView announces executive changes

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
ClearView Wealth has announced three executive appointments, choosing to hire from within the company. ClearView welcomed Judilyn Beaumont to the role of chief risk officer while continuing her role as general counsel. Beaumont joined the company in ...

BlackRock lowers fees on two funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
BlackRock has lowered the management fee on the Australian Alpha Tilts Fund and the Advantage Australian Equity Fund, effective October 1. For the Australian Alpha Tilts Fund, the management fee charged in the S Class of the Fund was reduced from 0.29% ...

Operational risk reserve targets trimmed for larger funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
Following consultation, APRA has lowered the minimum operational risk financial requirement (ORFR) target amounts for larger superannuation funds. At present, all superannuation funds are expected to keep a minimum of 0.25% of funds under management ...

Down but not out: Busting defined benefit myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
Many see defined benefit (DB) funds as dead - dinosaurs of the retirement world. Nevertheless, they're important to the retirement ecosystem, according to Challenger institutional client solutions director Meher Edibam. While most DB schemes are closed ...

Australian Ethical awards front office mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
Australian Ethical has awarded State Street's Charles River a mandate to automate its investment portfolio's front and middle office operations. The ethical investment manager will use Charles River's Investment Management Solution, which manages more ...

IAM announces new product, appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
Income Asset Management (IAM) has launched a new asset backed securities (ABS) and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) product, ABS-RMBS Direct. The new product aims to offer investors direct access to the asset class. ABS and RMBS are investment ...

Rest appoints interim co-chief investment officers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
Rest has promoted two of its senior investment leaders to serve as co-chief investment officers. The fund's head of private markets and deputy chief investment officer Simon Esposito, and head of listed assets Kiran Singh, will assume the role on an ...

Expand bolsters SMA offerings amid $10bn milestone

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
Expand, Insignia Financial's wrap platform, has added 11 new separately managed accounts (SMA) from Betashares and Drummond Capital Partners to its investment menu. The announcement coincides with the platform hitting $10 billion in funds under management ...