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VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
VanEck has launched a hedged version of a $520 million that invests in MSCI Ex Australia using quality as a factor. The newly-listed VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF tracks a hedged version of the same index tracked by the ...

Robert slates industry over inactive accounts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert has taken aim at the financial services industry over its "lazy" attitude in dealing with inactive superannuation accounts. Speaking at the Financial Services Council's Life Insurance Conference in Sydney this morning ...

Emerging markets for the win: ABDO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
The Sydney leg of Financial Standard 's Adviser Big Day Out roadshow has heard how one of the best performing multi-asset strategies is favouring emerging markets over developed ones as it picks its investments. Addressing the crowd in Sydney this ...

Westpoint investors to receive $1.5m

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
A class action launched by ASIC has seen $1.5 million return to investors in Westpoint Group. More than 200 former Wespoint investors who were members of a class action moved against Brighton Hall Securities by the corporate regulator will see $1.5 ...

Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
I wasn't aware of this, but it appears that Donald J. Trump had been letting his fingers do the talking even before he became POTUS. The "Daily Mail" re-printed the tweet he made back on 30 December 2013: ""No one remembers who came in second" - ...

FSC to enact binding standard on genetic testing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
The life insurance industry is pushing ahead with the rollout of new rules on genetic testing despite a delay. There had been plans to launch a new Life Insurance Code of Practice from July 1, but during the feedback period the Financial Services Council ...

AMP cuts MyNorth fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
AMP has announced a series of fee reductions for users of its MyNorth platform. The reductions in fees should result in savings for the more than 85,000 customers who currently use MyNorth. The reductions will include lower administration fees across ...

Chief economist update: The AUD's resilience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release the minutes of its March 5 board meeting - when it decided to keep interest rates unchanged at a record low 1.5% - today. I imagine that the men and women of the RBA board would have discussed the slowing ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Fixed income specialist Jamieson Coote Bonds is officially introducing its global fund to Australian investors following its initial seeding in early 2018. The CC JCB Global Bond Fund has an investible universe which includes global sovereigns, semi-government ...

Rice Warner predicts super fee-hike

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
Rice Warner is predicting Productivity Commission recommendations aimed to curb the number of individual superannuation accounts will impact super funds to the tune of $350 million. The researcher believes the number of superannuation accounts in Australia ...