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COVID-19 sparks renewed fight for commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic slowdown has spurred a fight among financial advisers to retain commissions, amid news big institutions are turning them off earlier than the law requires. The Association of Independent Financial Professionals ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Holding cash as part of your portfolio may not be sexy, but in uncertain times investors are rushing back to old faithful. In January this year, Financial Standard published a piece on cash management and all those who held cash also held the same mentality ...

VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
VanEck Australia is changing the index of China A-shares ETF and, as a result, will stop investing via its NYSE-listed counterpart. The VanEck Vectors China CSI 300 ETF (CETF) currently tracks CSI 300 index which covers the 300 largest and most liquid ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
New research has revealed the 22 ASX 300 companies - many of which super funds have exposure to - that are polluters and haven't performed well this year. Activist group Market Forces released a new report today, titled Out of line out of time ...

Cash management account to shutter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
A cash management account distributed by Colonial First State and issued by Bankwest is set to terminate effective June. The BWA Cash Management Account offered a variable rate of 0.40% per year, and acted as a central account for a usually advised ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
A US senator who is married to the chair of the New York Stock Exchange is being accused of insider trading, having offloaded millions in stocks following private briefings on the likely impact of COVID-19 in late January. She is one of several senators ...

Prodigy folds, two boutiques to shut

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Steve Tucker's multi-boutique Prodigy Investment Partners is closing its doors after its joint venture partner Euroz pulled out. Tucker, who was formerly the chief executive of MLC and now runs Koda Capital, partnered with Euroz in 2014 to start ...

Iress swoops on UK pension researcher

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Financial services software provider Iress picked up a UK-based investment and pension research software provider boasting over 2000 clients. Iress has acquired the UK's O&M Systems, an investment and pension research software provider with more than ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." This quote, attributed to Alice Roosevelt Longworth - daughter of former US President Teddy Roosevelt - had me struggling on whether or not to submit my daily rant for today. ...

Afterpay coughs up $1.5m over US loans

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Afterpay has settled with a California financial services regulator over allegations it was offering illegal loans in the state without a licence. The settlement with the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) will see the 'buy now pay later' ...