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Count Financial adds advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
A Victorian financial advice business is the latest to join Count Financial, making it the 23rd addition to the group this year. Financial Momentum will become part of Count Financial on December 1. The family business, with a team of four financial ...

QSuper faces class action over excess premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
A class action has been filed against QSuper, claiming it overcharged about 140,000 members for life insurance policies by charging almost all members the same despite differing occupations. Shine Lawyers has filed the action in the Federal Court against ...

Australians look to gift crypto assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
More Australians can expect a crypto-centric gift in their Christmas stockings this year, a new survey shows, which examines the growing appetite for crypto assets. Over half of the 2000 Australians surveyed by Crypto.com are considering bitcoin and ...

New private opportunities fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
A specialist small and micro-cap Australian equities investment manager has launched a new investment fund that will take positions in a small number of Australian private businesses. NAOS Asset Management announced the launch of NAOS Private Opportunities ...

FTSE Russell launches new ESG indexes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
FTSE Russell has introduced six Russell ESG indexes, based on the Russell 1000, 2000 and 3000 benchmarks. The Russell US ESG Indexes are designed to integrate ESG into institutional-grade US equity indexes. The six new indexes are constructed using ...

AFA chief outlines vision

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
The newly appointed chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers remains realistic about the challenges the industry faces, but assured members that there is hope in overcoming them. In her first address as chief executive at the AFA's ...

Advised clients 5.2% better off

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
The help of a financial adviser has been able to boost a client's portfolio by 5.2% per annum, according to new research. The fourth annual Russell Investments Value of an Adviser Report found that advisers' biggest contribution to clients is their ...

Superhero launches super offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
The trading platform has launched a superannuation fund, which will allow members to choose their own investments at a stock-by-stock level. Superhero says Superhero Super will allow Australians total transparency and control over their super investments ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Two months out from his last day at UniSuper, chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan talks to Financial Standard about his eight years at the fund, going public offer and staying away from mergers. O'Sullivan arrived at UniSuper in 2013, after a career ...

ATO cracks down on crypto

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The Australian Taxation Office is cracking down on cryptocurrency investors to report capital gains and losses in their tax returns after fears investors may think they are tax-free. The ATO estimates that 600,000 taxpayers have invested in crypto assets ...