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Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
Labor promises it will dump educational requirements for financial advisers with over a decade's experience if it comes to power. Shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones said such advisers with a clean record will not be required to ...

New head of product, trading for AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
AUSIEX has today announced the appointment of Brett Grant as its new head of product and trading. Grant will lead the teams responsible for AUSIEX's trade execution across domestic and international equites & derivatives. He will also lead the team ...

Partners Wealth Group launches Partners Private

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
Financial advice firm Partners Wealth Group has launched a new venture for sophisticated and wholesale investors. Partners Private will provide access to investments for individuals, who meet the definition of a sophisticated or wholesale investor ...

Athene, Apollo stake in Challenger approved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... $720 million. Athene, a retirement solutions provider with total assets of US$224.4 billion, is set to merge with New York Stock Exchange-listed Apollo early 2022. Apollo is an alternatives fund manager with about US$481 billion of assets under management. ...

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... integrating sustainability as well as incorporating 50 years of factor investing research." The fund uses a quantitative stock selection strategy which ranks stocks according to sustainability criteria as well as expected future relative performance ...

Schroders launches Schroder Australian Equity Long Short Fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
Schroders has launched the Schroder Australian Equity Long Short Fund to external investors after successfully seeding the fund's Professional Class in late 2020. The fund aims to deliver returns for investors through long and short investments in growth ...

Retirees require 3.3% drawdown: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... Morningstar said. Using a conservative approach, the highest safe withdrawal rates come from portfolios that hold 30% to 60% stock positions. "This occurs not because fixed-income securities are expected to perform particularly well but instead because ...

Flows to SRI ETFs boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
New research has found global flows to socially responsible investment (SRI) equities ETFs almost doubled between 2020 and 2021. According to Zenith's 2021 International Shares Sector Report, SRI- themed ETFs in October 2021 had funds under management ...

Marketech partners with Chi-X Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Marketech Online Trading is giving clients direct access to Australia's alternate stock exchange, Chi-X Australia. Marketech chief executive officer Travis Clark said the partnership with Chi-X Australia further demonstrates the capability of Marketech ...

Super assets rise to $3.4tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Superannuation continues to break milestones, reaching $3.4 trillion in the year to September. Thanks to a 55% allocation to equities, the latest APRA statistics show that the superannuation pool reached another record high. Some 23% of total assets ...