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Burgeoning challenges of the advice industry: Padua

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
Padua Solutions co-founder and co-chief executive Anne-Marie Esler explained to the audience at the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) Thrive Conference that there are four key challenges facing the financial services industry. There are four ...

Active Super expands digital offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
The super fund introduced Super View, a new online data tool allowing members to see the identity, value and weightings of their investments. The tool provides members the ability to see how their money is invested across a range of asset classes and ...

North adds Cboe access to platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
AMP's wrap platform has added Cboe Australia's funds to its offering as it continues to grow in popularity with financial advisers. Just last month, North's managed portfolio passed $6 billion in assets under management, more than doubling since August ...

Ethereum merge: What it means for crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Ethereum's long-awaited merge has been finalised, the US$180 billion cryptocurrency's upgrade to a proof-of-stake mechanism slashing its energy consumption by 99.95%. Explaining the merge, Labrys founder and chief executive Lachlan Feeney said: "The ...

Insignia appoints head of technical services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Insignia Financial has named a new head of technical services following the retirement of Martin Breckon. A spokesperson for the company confirmed Jenneke Mills has taken over the role, promoted from the role of national manager, technical services ...

Lack of transparency hindering access to financial services: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has revealed the results of its 2022 Financial Transparency and Inclusion Report, which surveyed banks, insurers and non-bank financial institutions across 13 countries and regions. According to the report, 69% of respondents ...

Continuity an increasing focus for family offices: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
Citi Private Bank has highlighted the increasing focus on family unity and continuity in its 2022 Family Office Survey. According to the survey, the primary focus of family offices across the globe delineates two main types - those centred mainly on ...

Former fund manager, philanthropist Brian Sherman passes away

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
Brian Sherman has passed away at age 79 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. South-African born Sherman was chair and joint managing director of investment house EquitiLink Group. In his memoir, Lives of Brian, he recounted how he came to Australia ...

Actuary of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
The Actuaries Institute has named Chris Dolman as the Actuary of the Year for 2022. Dolman is executive manager, data and algorithmic ethics at IAG and is also a research affiliate at ANU's Humanising Machine Intelligence group and contributes to the ...

Australia ranks 40th for crypto spend

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
Australia has been ranked 40 th on a global index that measures where the most people are putting the biggest share of their wealth into cryptocurrency. Chainalysis' 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index said Vietnam holds the top spot for the second consecutive ...