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Loomis Sayles lists active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
Loomis Sayles launched its unlisted global equity strategy on the ASX today as an active exchange-traded fund. The Loomis Sayles Global Equity Fund (ASX: LSGE) is a separate class of units in the unlisted Loomis Sayles Global Equity Fund. The latter ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has launched a short paper to push for the sovereign wealth fund to manage all superannuation unless a worker opts out. The 20-page widely spaced paper titled Competition for Workers' Superannuation characterises the current ...

AFCA weeds out phony complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... small to medium sized financial services businesses, that they were incurring costs dealing with complaints that had no merit and in which no financial harm was done because they were tied up in AFCA's bureaucracy. "And in a small percentage of these ...

More advisers exit in June

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Some 450 financial advisers left the industry in the last month of the financial year, taking the total population to 19,544, latest ASIC data shows. As at July 1, AMP Financial Planning finished the financial year with 690 advisers, while The SMSF ...

ASIC consults on market integrity rules

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
The corporate regulator has opened consultation on proposed amendments to market integrity rules that aim to reduce the regulatory burden on participants. ASIC's Consultation Paper 342 Proposed amendments to the ASIC market integrity rules and other ...

Adviser slapped with four-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
Another former Meritum Financial Group and InterPrac Financial Planning adviser has copped a ban from the corporate regulator. From 1 April 2021, ASIC banned Hobart-based Hannah Jennings from providing financial services for four years for failing to ...

HESTA managers improve on gender diversity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... identical questions without revealing their CVs, names, photos, education or success rate on previous questions -- allowing merit-driven hiring. HESTA also reported its own investment team's gender composition, as at December 2020 -- which was higher ...

Adviser numbers fall below 20k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... Financial (487), Synchronised Business Services (472), Charter Financial Planning (427), Interprac Financial Planning (301), Merit Wealth (275), Lifespan Financial Planning (270) and Capstone Financial Planning (269).

Boutique manager names head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
A boutique global equities fund manager has hired a distribution lead, formerly of Meritum Financial Group. Gold Coast-based fund manager Swell Asset Management appointed Stephen Poole as head of distribution. Poole was the general manager of NAB's ...

LGIAsuper reveals post-merger executive, board lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... statement to Financial Standard, Farrar said: "Our approach to selecting our new ELT was rigorous and involved a closed merit process to ensure a fair and transparent decision took place." "We are fortunate to have an exceptionally talented, motivated ...