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2023 the year for fixed income: Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... several transitions. "Fixed income has been labelled "boring" at very low yields, to now "terrifying" for a lot of retail investors," Wood said. "But today, the real risk of recession sets fixed income up to being an outstanding asset class next year ...

ASIC hands out more interim stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
In a bid to protect retail investors from funds that may not be suitable for their financial objectives, situation or needs, the corporate regulator has placed interim stop orders on both Australian Fiduciaries Limited (AFL) and APS Savings Limited ...

Property trusts hit with stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... MPG Funds Management Limited (MPG) has been banned from offering or distributing two of its property trusts to retail investors because of poor target market determinations (TMDs). The interim stop orders, implemented by ASIC, prohibit MPG from issuing ...

Super is enabling private market democratisation: PGIM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... Superannuation funds are playing a huge role in democratising private markets, making them more accessible to retail investors, PGIM vice president, head of thematic research Shehriyar Antia told Financial Standard. "Until recently, private markets have ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
BlackRock will allow individual investors in select mutual funds in the UK to engage in proxy voting via its technology platform Voting Choice. BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said it's clear investors don't want to sit on the ...

Hejaz receives RIAA fund certifications

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... its funds," RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor said. The Islamic finance provider said regardless of faith, retail investors increasingly want to see themselves in their investments. It also added that while its products are designed to encourage Muslim ...

Industry surveyed for Asia Region Funds Passport review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... regulatory harmonisation. It allows collective investment products offered in one member economy to be sold to retail investors in another member economy. The ARFP went live in February 2019, almost three years after the member economies agreed to the ...

Cboe Global Markets, SBI Holdings sign MoU

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... financial market and promote regulatory reforms in Japan that will benefit investors in Japan, especially, the retail investors, and ultimately contribute to solving the long-standing social issue of 'shifting from savings to investment'."

Hejaz launches Sharia-compliant ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... overseas, this will be the first time Islamic Finance products are listed on the ASX." By making it simple for retail investors to access our award-winning funds, we are taking an important step towards our goal of providing high-performing, ethical ...

ASIC issues stop orders on Holon funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... (TMDs) just months after their launch. The regulator has prevented Holon from offering or distributing them to retail investors, explaining the order bans Holon from issuing interests in, giving a product disclosure statement for, or providing general ...