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Legal costs weigh on AMP profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... added that the business is acutely focused on the retirement segment and will continue to innovate in terms of member education and investment solutions. AMP chief financial officer Blair Vernon said the $11 million in legal costs was reflective of "the ...

FAAA expands specialist education programs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) is looking to expand its Approved Specialisations Program, urging eligible education providers to sign up. The program has historically included specialisations in aged care, life risk and the Fellow Chartered ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... than one million members are women, working in typically lower-paid industries such as aged care and early childhood education. Many take time out of the workforce to care for children or loved ones, and this further impacts their ability to build adequate ...

Sydney Alternative Investment Week to return in September

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... from the week. Redkite supports young people with cancer and their families; Tranby is Australia's oldest Indigenous education provider; Noro Music Therapy uses music to improve the wellbeing of those with disabilities and mental health challenges; and ...

FSC explores if adviser licensing framework remains 'fit for purpose'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... advice." However, in light of the industry's evolution, including the Future of Financial Advice Reforms (2012), new education standards (2017) and Hayne Royal Commission (2017-2019), the FSC believes it is timely to assess whether the licensing ...

ASIC sues Fortnum Private Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... contractual obligation arising under its agreement with its ARs to provide them a prescribed minimum amount of cybersecurity education or training but did not. Brown added that: "Our view is that FPW has a strong cyber policy and data protection controls ...

Lendlease awarded Malaysian pension fund mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
... Australia for KWAP. Key sectors of these assets include industrial, logistics, build-to-rent, data centres, healthcare, and education properties. The mandate also represents a strategic opportunity to support KWAP's diversification into high-growth real ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... managing director at Conscious Capital, a strategic advisory group covering real estate, technology, government, and education. Before that, she drove ESG strategy and served as ESG committee chair at ASX-listed Elanor Investors, a $6 billion real estate ...

Adviser exodus puts retirement savings at risk: CPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... finalising the post-implementation review of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), updating financial advice education standards and changing the financial advice best interest duty. "Investing retirement savings is complex, and carries with ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... licensees have considered and received declarations about whether their financial advisers are fit and proper and meet the education and training standards."