BetaShares launches interest rate hedged bond ETF
Australian fund manager BetaShares has launched the BetaShares Interest Rate Hedged Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (HCRD), which it claims is the first of its kind in Australia.
November 17, 2022
Updated investment governance guidance for superannuation trustees
APRA has released updated guidance on investment governance for superannuation trustees for consultation.
November 17, 2022
ASIC, RBA closely monitoring ASX’s compliance after CHESS report
ASIC and the RBA have provided the ASX with a joint letter of regulatory expectations after ASX released its independent report regarding the CHESS replacement program.
November 17, 2022
APAC asset owners: unified in materiality of ESG
APAC-based asset owners are unified in materiality of ESG as Australia grapples with greenwashing concerns, according to Morningstar’s survey of 500 global asset owners.
November 17, 2022
Reach Alts launches private equity platform
Reach Alternative Investments has launched its own private equity investment platform targeted at family offices, SMSFs, and individual investors who qualify as sophisticated investors.
November 17, 2022
LRBAs fine, but ‘one-stop property shops’ remain a concern: SMSF Association
Despite the risk LRBAs pose on poorly advised SMSFs, the SMSF Association has welcomed the Council of Financial Regulators report which finds limited recourse borrowing poses no risk on the superannuation system. However, the association acknowledged “one-stop property shops” providing unlicensed personal advice remains a concern.
November 17, 2022
Roundtable: What advisers want from working with profit-to-member funds
Advisers and industry funds have been at odds in the past, but in the new era of financial services, planners have found industry funds are making inroads to better serve superannuants via professional financial advisers.
November 16, 2022
The resilience of advice
With few investment sectors that have generated positive returns over the last few months, it's easy for clients to lose confidence in advice. That's why it is important to keep the value of advice front and center during the low times, as well as the high times.
November 16, 2022
Bloomberg New Economy Climate Technology Coalition launched in Singapore
The Bloomberg New Economy Climate Technology Coalition was launched today at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum taking place in Singapore.
November 16, 2022
Nuveen Real Estate and The Switch partner with Flinders University on Adelaide housing asset
Nuveen Real Estate has partnered with Flinders University on The Switch, Adelaide Central, the second project to open in its Australian housing portfolio.
November 16, 2022
Former van Eyk Research CEO sentenced for breach of directors’ duties
Former van Eyk Research chief executive Mark Thomas has been sentenced to one year and three months’ imprisonment, to be served by way of an Intensive Correction Order, for using his position as a director dishonestly with the intention of directly or indirectly obtaining an advantage for himself.
November 16, 2022
