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Raiz expands to SMSF market

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... portfolios. We believe Custom Portfolio will help meet this need," Malone said. Since the launch of the custom portfolio in January, 7000 clients representing $28 million in funds under management have taken up the offering.

Must prepare for demise of LIBOR: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... place to make clear what the replacement rate will be when LIBOR ends. "Any firms that have not done this will, on the 1 January 2022, be facing the prospect of significant disruption to their contracts and operations," Kent said. "This could lead to ...

Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... recently, the OECD's March 2021 'Interim Economic Outlook' report pencilled in a 7.8% expansion this year. In January this year, the World Bank (WB) forecast China's GDP to grow by 7.9% in 2021 predicated on "the release of pent-up demand ...

Low pass rate for latest FASEA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... A total of 1079 advisers sat the exam, compared to an average of 1323 across all exams. Only 73% of those that sat the January exam passed. The overall pass rate across all sittings of the exam is 89%. The latest results show the lowest pass rate yet. ...

eToro combines with SPAC, plans to list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... trading, with five million new registered users in 2020 alone. So far in 2021, 1.2 million have signed up to eToro and in January the company reported 75 million trades. The combined company is expected to have an estimated implied equity value of approximately ...

JANA hires from NYSE

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... JANA was awarded a mandate to provide investment advisory services TUH Health Fund after a three-way tender process in January 2021 and follows growth in JANA's investment advisory offering across insurance, retail and not-for-profit space.

Admin fees could balloon from BFID

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... million over five years from 2015 on advertising and marketing its products. Westpac's BT Super spent $870,000 over January and June 2020. Suncorp Super's $80,000 budget on digital advertising over six months had no direct sponsorship outlay. ...

Trading platform slapped with licence conditions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... controls to meet regulatory obligations and must appoint an independent expert to review these areas of concerns. Last January, ASIC suspended AxiCorp's AFSL for four months after finding that it failed to comply with certain financial services laws. ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... to turn deflation into inflation. Japan's headline and core inflation rates stood at negative 0.6% in the year to January 2021. While an improvement from the previous month, they remain way below the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) 2.0% target. It's ...

REITs extend performance struggles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... Rainmaker's Wholesale Managed Funds Performance Report found that equities delivered a mixed bag of returns in the month to January 2021. Listed property lost 4% over the month, while emerging markets came out on top with 3.7%. Returns in the combined ...