Record Vanguard ETF flows drive April inflows

VanEck/vanguard/ETFs/

Total ETF inflows grew by almost a third in April, according to VanEck, with four Vanguard funds seeing heavy inflows to mark the provider’s highest monthly ETF inflows.

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Insignia PE bidder pulls out of acquisition process

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Insignia Financial has announced the status of the two private equity bidders as due diligence comes to an end, with one bidder opting to pull out.

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Targeting the time-poor business owner market in advice

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With less than one-third of Australian business owners seeing an adviser, Business Health has detailed how advice practices can successfully target this underserved client segment.

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Education and DBFO seen as priorities for Minister Mulino

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The financial advice industry has reacted to the appointment of Dr Daniel Mulino as the new Minister for Financial Services, with hopes for improvements in legislation and education standards.

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Shaw and Partners expands Qld advice team

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The investment and wealth management firm has welcomed four new hires from Bell Potter Securities, strengthening its presence in the Queensland advice market.

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Intelliflo reveals data dashboards amid heightened M&A

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Financial advice technology provider intelliflo has launched three new dashboards to help advisers monitor and demonstrate their business performance as they consider inorganic growth.

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ASIC slaps AFSL cancellation on Qld firm

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The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based financial services provider, having held the licence since mid-2016.

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Passive power: Cheapest ETF products see strongest flows

Ernst-&-Young/active-ETFs/ETFs/pricing/

While fund managers are eager to launch active ETFs to appeal to advisers, EY has found two-thirds of ETF flows are going into extremely cheap passive offerings with an expense ratio of less than 25 basis points.

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'Are we happy being lied to?': Spotlighting volatility levels

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Advisers need to closely scrutinise how much volatility exists in private assets during their portfolio construction and how this is demonstrated by the providers, according to commentators.

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