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Saxo launches managed portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
Saxo Australia today launched a suite of managed portfolios targeting self-directed investors and self-managed super funds. SaxoSelect offers seven managed portfolios with actively managed and index-based strategies. Three offerings are managed by BlackRock ...

Super reform "takes away the right to be tax exempt"

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
The potential super shake-up, which includes contentious provisions on pension payments and unrealised capital gains tax, has drawn criticism from a top AFSL. Under the existing Superannuation Industry Supervision (SIS) regulations, retirees must draw ...

CFA Institute unveils major program overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... The CFA Institute has executed its most comprehensive CFA Program revamp since 1963, in a bid to increase its relevance in today's investment landscape. The CFA Program enhancements aim to better prepare aspiring investment professionals for a rapidly ...

Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... portfolio comprising different and complex pieces, but anchoring that with data can provide a good sense of where we are today and where we want to be in the future." He and his team use a portfolio system developed with State Street and their entity ...

Australian investors pivot portfolios

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
... strategies need to keep pace, while 77% said that the influence of geopolitics on investment strategies is much more significant today than it has been over the last 30 years. "The current environment has prompted investors to identify and take advantage ...

Retirement officer roles critical in super funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
... coherent and deliberate way," she said. "It does represent the tipping point that we're seeing happen in the industry today, where we really are finally starting to focus on retirement and understanding how different it is and how it needs that focused ...

The sophistication of cyber threats is increasing: O'Neil

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... in the sector, the government is playing a huge catch-up job here," she said. "When we consider the cyber risks we face today, those are very significant, but if we look to 2030, we know that we are going to be living in a very different world; there ...

Regulators prioritise emerging areas of risk

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... release of its insurance in superannuation: Industry progress on delivering better outcomes for members report, which came out today. Press said the review noted several positive and negative changes made by trustees. "What we found was that many trustees ...

Don't wait for QAR: Press

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... the QAR [legislation] to come out is probably not helpful," she said. "I think there's a lot that funds can be doing today that would fall well and truly inside the legal requirements. And we will need to be thinking about." Press commented further ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... days, six days a week with essentially no holidays, and that has gradually been whittled down to the 38-hour week we see today," he explains. "Since then, there's been no change in last 40 years, but that's exceptional in the history of work ...