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FSCP serves up registration prohibition order

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... industry, and to ASIC's reputation, if an undischarged bankrupt is permitted to continue to give personal advice to retail clients about relevant financial products". The FSCP also found that Anderson demonstrated a lack of professional judgement ...

ASIC curbs high-risk offers from online trading providers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
ASIC has identified a trend among some online trading providers, presenting high-risk investment opportunities to retail investors, a shift emerging amid the fluctuating market conditions and the decline in retail trading activity post-pandemic. In ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... private markets as fund managers pave the way to make opportunities accessible not only to sophisticated investors but also retail clients more than ever. Diversification, enhanced returns, and improved accessibility are some of the benefits that have ...

HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... include tailored portfolio construction and management services, ESG investments, access to bespoke, alternative, and non-retail investment opportunities. In addition, they require consolidated reporting, structured giving expertise, estate planning ...

Pendal manager joins Barings

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... Sydney executive. The US$351 billion investment manager aims to hire several new staffers for its institutional, wealth and retail businesses in Australia, Greater China and Southeast Asia. Barings has appointed Zoe Cowley as an associate director within ...

Future Group acquires Verve Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... fees, dropping from 0.725% to 0.541%. Recent analysis from Rainmaker Information shows the average ongoing admin fee for retail products is 0.27%. As of this month, the $60 dollar-based admin fee also applies to all members; previously it was not charged ...

ASIC confirms adviser registration deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
After receiving Royal Assent on November 27, ASIC is urging all financial advisers who service retail clients to register before the 1 February 2024 final deadline. From this date, advisers otherwise known as relevant providers who provide personal ...

Income fund shuttered by Equity Trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... achieving 5.08% against the 1-Year Bank Bill Swap Rate's 5.21%. The KFM Income Fund was Kaplan Funds Management's only retail offering.

AustralianSuper slams Brookfield's Origin Energy bid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
AustralianSuper has savaged Brookfield and EIG's eleventh-hour bid to acquire Origin Energy, emphatically asserting its intention to oppose a "low-ball" offer for the ASX-listed generator and retailer. The consortiums revised proposal under the ...

TelstraSuper looks to Rest for portfolio manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
... where he spent the last four years. This is a promotion for Lewis who worked as an analyst at the superannuation fund for retail workers. He earlier worked as a consultant at EY and a transport analyst at Veitch Lister Consulting. The super fund said ...