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What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... Stockspot's Fat Cat Funds Report named and shamed the worst performing superannuation funds in Australia, all of which are retail offerings. OnePath was named the overall worst performer, followed by Colonial First State, AMP, and ClearView. Meanwhile ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... Qantas Superannuation Glidepath was the only MySuper product to be labelled significantly high. Though, Australian Ethical Retail Superannuation Fund Balanced, HOSTPLUS Superannuation Fund Balanced, Mercer SmartPath, Mercy Super MySuper Balanced, Prime ...

Vanguard veteran announces retirement

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... corporate affairs Robin Bowerman will retire at the end of the week after almost 20 years with the firm. Bowerman led the retail, strategy, advocacy and corporate affairs functions during his tenure. He played a "central role" in bringing Vanguard's ...

Cboe Australia, XTB launch retail corporate bonds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... products (XTBs) to its Cboe Funds platform. The new range of XBTs commenced trading on Cboe Australia today and will provide retail investors with access to corporate bonds from Aurizon Bank of Queensland (BOQ), Coles, and Qantas. Cboe Australia said ...

ASIC abandons $500k SMSF threshold

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... SMSFA wrote to ASIC requesting that it review its guidance for AFSLs (and their representatives) who provide advice to retail clients about SMSFs. "In particular, references in ASIC INFO 206 to SMSFs with balances below $500,000 as having lower investment ...

APRA, ASIC concerned over premium increases

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
APRA and ASIC have asked the chief executives of life insurers to explain the continuing increases to retail insurance premiums following complaints from consumers and reportable situations. In a joint letter, the regulators said they're concerned premium ...

PM Capital appoints distribution director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
The former general manager of retail distribution at Challenger has taken on a new role at PM Capital. PM Capital has confirmed the appointment of Luke Cheetham as director of distribution. He will be responsible for the distribution of the firm's ...

2023 the year for fixed income: Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... through 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 ...

Magellan FUM back at $50bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... $51.0 last month. The drop was attributed to a loss of $2.5 billion in net outflows throughout the month, comprised of net retail outflows of $0.6 billion and net institutional outflows of $1.9 billion. Its retail FUM now sits at $20.6 billion while ...

ASIC launches civil action against American Express

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
ASIC has commenced the first ever court case in relation to alleged breaches of design and distribution obligations (DDO). The case concerns two credit cards issued by American Express (Amex) that were co-branded with retailer David Jones (the credit ...