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VanEck rejigs Australian leadership for APAC expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... year for ETFs, with greater flows into ETFs and away from more costly and persistently underperforming actively managed funds. "We expect the ETP industry will hit $45 billion by the end of 2018," he said. Net ETP flows for 2017 were the highest on record ...

Derivatives costly and ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... derivative strategies due to high costs and lack of effectiveness, latest research shows. Only one-third (37%) of superannuation funds in Milliman's latest survey are using derivatives to protect retirees against market downturns. Milliman head of fund ...

ASIC ramps up surveillance and remediation after adviser conflict report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... might need frequent auditing. They should, for instance, assess why advisers are recommending a large proportion of customer funds should be invested in in-house products, and whether all the necessary controls are in place to ensure that conflicts of ...

O'Dwyer proposes compulsory unpaid super law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... receive real-time information indicating if an employer is complying with their super guarantee (SG) obligations, super funds will also commence event-based reporting from 1 July 2018, she said. O'Dwyer warned employers who break the law of "serious ...

Vertically integrated institutions failing to manage conflicts of interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... in-house products accounting for just 21% of the combined APLs of each institution's two largest licensees, 68% of total client funds were invested in them. ASIC said while more than half of the licensees had over 60% of the customers' funds invested ...

Product agnostic planners boost ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Australia's ETF market could have fee-for-service financial planners to thank for its ongoing growth. Total funds under management for ASX-listed ETFs increased 44.2% in the 12 months to November 2017 to hit a record $35.5 billion. Researcher Cerulli ...

EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... theft and cyberattacks, a new EY report shows. EY studied 372 ICO projects globally in 2017 that raised US$3.7 billion in funds - twice the volume of venture capital investments in blockchain projects. It found ICO investors are greatly at risk of losing ...

Asset management services provider expands to Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... Securities and Futures Commission to issue asset management services relating to listed stocks, fixed income and mutual funds. In addition to the Australian market, Blackwell is aiming to expand to Europe, Greater China and New Zealand by becoming a ...

Clime IM appoints private wealth head from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... meet our clients' needs," he said. As part of the investor update, Abernethy also noted that Clime boosted its aggregate funds under management to $812 million in the December quarter. The majority of this FUM is in Clime's individually managed accounts ...

Global trading platform opens Sydney office

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... Asia-Pacific markets, Europe and North America. Santo has 20 years of experience working across investment banking, hedge funds and trading. He was most recently a senior vice president of Northern Trust Capital Markets, focused on sales and trading ...