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Invest Blue trials nine-day fortnight for advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
The financial advice group has adopted a nine-day fortnight pilot, giving full-time employees an extra 26 days off a year at a cost of roughly $1.9 million per annum. In a bid to foster employee wellbeing and drive productivity, the financial advice ...

Advice firms trading at premium: Broker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
Financial advice firms continue to trade at a premium compared to other professional services firms, according to an industry broker. Centurion Market Makers' newly released Practice acquisition sale & valuation guide reveals that the demand for premium ...

ASIC issues more interim stop orders

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... Interactive Brokers from offering, issuing, or giving a product disclosure statement (PDS) and to stop it from providing general advice to retail clients in relation to SYEP Derivatives. The watchdog was concerned the TMD inappropriately included investors ...

Unpopular funds garner higher returns: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
According to a recent Rainmaker study, investors in international equities are making more money when they invest in products that are in net outflows. The analysis saw Rainmaker compare returns achieved by international equities products, calculated ...

Final voting for ESG Power50 open

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
FS Sustainability is launching the final voting round of the inaugural ESG Power50, a list that will name the 50 most influential ESG professionals working at ASX-listed companies in Australia. For the first time, readers of FS Sustainability along ...

FPA policy and advocacy lead steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's general manager of policy and advocacy will step down after seven years with the organisation. Ben Marshan joined the FPA in 2015 as a manager for professional standards and advocacy and moved into several ...

Diverse investment teams fare better: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... has a lower absolute diversity premium, but in the context of lower volatility and smaller absolute return-potential in general in this asset class, believe it still makes a strong case for greater diversity," WTW said. "... Similarly, we tested whether ...

QAR does not "trash" FoFA: Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... the best interest duty. Anderson said: "In reality, much of this advice is going to replace what was previously done as general advice, where there was no BID or anything like it. In any case that is a more complex matter and not part of our quick win's ...

Australian Unity kicks off capital raise

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... on March 31, will include a $150 million non-renounceable rights issue offer to existing investors and a $200 million general offer for new investors. An excess offer will open on April 24 and close on May 12. Australian Unity are forecasting an income ...

Finance candidates lose salary bargaining power: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
Sparked by the Great Resignation, financial services candidates seeking massive salary hikes could be a thing of the past as employers reject double-digit pay increases. Financial services employees looking for a new role are asking for a 15% above-market ...