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APIR reports surge in new financial products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
APIR Systems has noted a significant rise in the registrations of new financial products, particularly of managed funds and managed accounts. According to APIR chief executive Chris Donohoe, while product registrations were slightly down from the previous ...

Treasury kicks off managed investment scheme reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
The $2.7 trillion managed investment scheme industry is set for a shakeup as a new review is proposing changes that include amending financial thresholds, and liquidity and insolvency requirements. Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones has opened consultations ...

HUB24 unveils new data feeds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
HUB24 added new data feeds and automation capabilities, enabling financial advisers to report on clients' other investments including cash accounts and term deposits, listed securities, managed funds, direct property, and other assets. HUB24 chief product ...

IML launches Aussie shares fund as active ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
The IML Concentrated Australian Share Fund (Quoted Managed Fund) is now available on the ASX as an active ETF, catering to financial advisers and retail investors. The fund manager explained its Quoted Managed Fund represents a distinct class of units ...

FinClear buys cash investment platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... services to meet regulatory and risk management needs. It also operated the Wealth Cash Income Fund, a term deposit managed fund for smaller investments, diversified across numerous banks. FinClear said this gives its clients a readily available solution ...

Advisers lacking PII sidestep AFCA rulings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
Financial advice firms are "problematically" sidestepping compensation payments after the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) hands down a decision, using the excuse that they do not have professional indemnity insurance (PII). Out of 5400 ...

Equity managed funds in record outflows: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
Investors abandoned unlisted managed equity funds in record amounts in the June quarter, data from Calastone reveals, as they look to cash and fixed interest for security. Some $2.8 billion is the largest outflow Calastone has recorded in the last five ...

ASX consultation: Time to say goodbye to mFund?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... industry trends, such as the increasing adoption of ETPs by retail investors and financial advisers, the entry of managed fund transactions services like Calastone and Clearstream into the Australian market, and regulatory disparities in the Design and ...

ASIC deepens investigation into Magnolia founder

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... 2021, when compared to other microcap funds listed on Morningstar". "Uncharacteristically for an Australian actively managed fund, however, Magnolia has contributed 70% of the funds under management (FUM) from its own balance sheet to date," he said. ...

abrdn sells local trustee business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
MSC Trustees has acquired abrdn's Australian trustee entity, becoming the corporate trustee of 10 funds. The fund book, comprising $1.5 billion in funds under management, includes the abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Fund, abrdn Sustainable ...