A global Morgan Stanley report has found 83 per cent of Asia-Pacific individual investors would select a financial adviser based on their sustainable investment offerings, and are most understanding of how ESG can boost returns.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The investment and wealth management firm has welcomed four new hires from Bell Potter Securities, strengthening its presence in the Queensland advice market.
Financial advice technology provider intelliflo has launched three new dashboards to help advisers monitor and demonstrate their business performance as they consider inorganic growth.
The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based financial services provider, having held the licence since mid-2016.
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.
