WHOLESALE INVESTING

Financial planning

AFCA has told a parliamentary joint committee that it is insufficient for financial advisers to not thoroughly check whether a person qualifies as a wholesale investor gi...

Funds management

The Financial Services Council has told a parliamentary committee that a subjective test is needed to demonstrate the sophistication of wholesale investors, whether via a...

Funds management

GQG Partners has reported a 67 per cent year-on-year increase in Australian wholesale net flows to its funds as it announces its half-year results....

Funds management

The Financial Services Council is proposing making the sophisticated investor test less subjective as currently wholesale fund managers are hesitant to apply it....

People & Products

Apostle Funds Management has appointed the newly created position of director, head of wholesale as the firm expands its Australian footprint in the wholesale sector....

Funds management

Australian investment managers are pivoting away from retail investors and towards the allure of private clients, according to Sentient Group, while the sophisticated inv...

Funds management

The Financial Services Council says the sophisticated investor test needs to be updated to protect consumers....

Funds management

Two potential side effects have been flagged around changes to the sophisticated investor test following a recent Treasury consultation, which could see thousands of inve...

Financial planning

The FSC and SIAA have recommended against major changes to the income or product values for the sophisticated investor test, despite a spike in eligible investors, as the...

Financial planning

The number of people eligible for the wholesale investor test has risen by more than 700 per cent since its introduction, and advisers need to ensure they are making thei...

Financial planning

The FAAA is concerned about consumers without the necessary knowledge to invest in managed investment schemes being classified as wholesale investors, as the number of pe...

Funds management

Sophisticated or wholesale investors looking to invest together through one legal entity should consider using a bare trust, the Fold Legal has recommended....

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Funds management

Institutional trading network, Liquidnet, launches new tools to set price limits and execution size so investors can focus on alpha. ...

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