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Advisers to return US$125m in fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... retail investors," he said. The total returned amount of US$125 million will go back to retail investors in "substantial majority, SEC said.

Risk advice a hard sell: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... research from Zurich quantifies the amount consumers will pay for life insurance advice, but also reinforces the fact the majority are unwilling to be out of pocket. The Risk Advice Disconnect whitepaper revealed a minimal number (8%) of consumers will ...

Global fund launches in retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... direct investors. Investors Mutual Limited (IML) is the responsible entity for the fund, incepted on 1 November 2018. The majority (67.7%) of the fund invests in US-listed companies such as Alphabet, Amazon and Marriott. It also invests in companies ...

Market cap funds disappoint investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
The vast majority of Australian funds failed to outperform respective benchmarks in 2018 and recorded relatively poor performance compared to the prior year. This is according to the latest S&P Dow Jones Indices' SPIVA Australia Scorecard, which showed ...

Financial advisers evolving as wealth managers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... and capital preservation when selecting investments for clients," Investment Trends analyst John Carver said. The vast majority of stockbrokers (73%) and financial planners (83%) believe gearing is a key investment strategy in clients' portfolios ...

Sunsuper introduces advice fee caps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... with has been positive, she added. "We understand this is a big change, however the new fees have been welcomed by the majority of financial advisers we work with, who understand the caps are in the best interests of our more than 1.3 million members," ...

CFA Institute settles hiring dispute

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... citizens. "Graders are hired for a one to two-week period every year to grade essay questions from Level III exams. The majority of graders have full-time jobs in financial services and participate in grading because of their charterholder status, their ...

'Best in show' a no go: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... highly unlikely a shortlist of default super providers will eventuate. This is based on the reaction of legislators, the majority of industry participants and numerous expert commentators, KPMG said. Coupled with the recommendation that individuals only ...

Pinnacle nears $50bn milestone

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... This saw an overall FUM increase of $8.7 billion. The group said Firetrail's institutional inflows accounted for the majority of Pinnacle's institutional net inflows for the six month period. It also reconfirms Rainmaker Information analysis ...

GAM sacks investment director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... which "has been prejudged since the announcement of my suspension." "I dispute many of the findings, while noting the majority of the allegations have been dropped. Meanwhile, I have been made redundant by a process which I also consider to have been ...