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JP Morgan subsidiaries fined $230m by regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
The fine relates to several failures by J.P. Morgan Securities and J.P. Morgan Investment Management, including recommending more expensive mutual funds when almost identical ETFs were available much cheaper. J.P. Morgan Securities (JPMS) and J.P. Morgan ...

Cbus names chief strategy officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... super, Dean worked as an organiser with the Australian Council of Trade Unions in the mid-1990s before becoming a political adviser to former Victorian premier Steve Bracks. He then joined the Victorian public service. As executive director of marketing ...

Retail super funds spend big on advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... to advisers can include those related to advice fee arrangements that have been agreed between a member and a financial adviser. It can also include payments to advisers with respect to member-initiated usage of advice services offered by the RSE licensee ...

GAM hires new local lead from Bennelong

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... roles. During his time at Fisher, he opened the local Australian affiliate office. Finnell began his career as a financial adviser with Ameriprise Financial. "Eric is a fantastic addition to the team at GAM," said global head of client solutions Rossen ...

TAL names retirement and wealth lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... streamline and significantly lower the mandatory medical testing rate for new customers through direct application or an adviser.

Super complaints rise in FY24: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
AFCA's Annual Review revealed the ombudsman service received a record 104,861 complaints from consumers and small businesses in 2023-24, up 8% on the year before. Of those, AFCA received 7325 superannuation complaints, a 5% increase from the previous ...

Jones preps DBFO Tranche 2 for parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones said the government will press on with Tranche 2 of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms that he is preparing to introduce in parliament. The highly anticipated set of changes promise to remove laborious ...

EQT wins RE mandates for FIIG Securities, Nanuk AM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... officer Tom King said: "The move to launch the Nanuk New World Fund's hedged unit class as an ETF has been driven by adviser demand for listed access to the currency hedged version of the fund, launched last year, which has attracted solid support ...

KKR nabs JP Morgan sales manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
JP Morgan Asset Management distribution manager Jacqui Crothers has taken up a new role at KKR's wealth business. Crothers has been appointed director of global wealth solutions at the private equity giant. Reporting to the local head of KKR client ...

Advisers must prioritise Conflicts Priority Rule: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
After assessing a large volume of Dixon Advisory complaints, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) warned financial advisers of their responsibilities to manage conflicts of interest under the Conflicts Priority Rule. AFCA senior ombudsman ...