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Financial services demands more mental health support

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
COVID-19 has caused an uptick in the demand for access to mental health and wellbeing training for the employees of financial services firms, according to SuperFriend. New analysis by the wealth management industry's mental health partner reveals a ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Industry Super Australia's internal analysis has explored the other side of the superannuation guarantee debate, finding the costs of an increase in mandated savings may be shared between both employers and workers. A piece of internal analysis ...

ASIC cracks down on investment manager

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
The Australian arm of a global investment management company has agreed to additional conditions imposed on its AFSL by the corporate watchdog. It comes after Societe Generale Securities Australia (SGSA) was criminally charged with breaching client ...

RealIndex taps former RF Capital executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
First Sentier's systematic equities manager Realindex added a former RF Capital head of research to its investment team, as it continues to grow. Realindex has appointed Ron Guido as a senior qualitative portfolio manager. Guido's role is newly created ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
The Labor Party is calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to finally put an end to the war on superannuation waged by government backbenchers, in an effort to ensure Australia rebounds from COVID-19 "faster and better". Financial Standard has obtained ...

Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
The world's largest exchange traded product issuers have partnered to petition for classification reform, in a move which BlackRock head of iShares Australasia Christian Obrist said would help to improve transparency for investors. In a proposal to ...

Dealer groups slam FPA policy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Fortnum, Centrepoint, Easton Wealth, CountPlus, Fitzpatricks and Paragem have all criticised the Financial Planning Association of Australia's latest policy proposal. The FPA wants to see AFSLs only responsible for the oversight of product compliance ...

Magellan launches listed active ETF fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Hamish Douglass' Magellan Financial Group has launched a listed active ETF fund in partnership with Airlie Funds Management, with promises of reducing friction and costs for investors. The Airlie Australian Share Fund will commence trading on the ASX ...

Boutique to remediate clients

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
A fund manager will remediate clients in eight funds after a recent review of its management costs identified a unit pricing error. Alpha Fund Managers' investors in eight funds were charged the wrong fees between July, 2017 and January, 2020 for ...

MLC Wealth appoints chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
A former chief executive of BT Financial Group has been named independent non-executive chair of MLC Wealth. Robert Coombe has been named to take on the role, effective 1 July 2020. NAB chair Philip Chronican said the appointment to the board of National ...