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APRA questions trustees on financial resilience

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued a discussion paper seeking information from superannuation trustees on their plans to maintain the financial resilience needed to protect members' best financial interests. APRA's prudential ...

Easton to rebrand, seeks to scale

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
Easton Investments is proposing to rebrand as it looks to "major opportunities" next year in a bid to scale. The ASX-listed firm plans to change its name from Easton Investments to Diverger as the former "no longer reflects the activities, strategic ...

New study finds advisers optimistic about growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
Iress' inaugural Advice Efficiency Survey reveals that more than 70% of advice practices forecast growth over the next three years. The survey, commissioned by Iress alongside practice development consultancy Business Health, conducted the research ...

2021 FPA Award winners revealed

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) yesterday announced the winners of the 2021 FPA Awards. Now in its ninth year, the FPA Awards recognises exceptional financial planners, paraplanners, university students and advice practices from ...

Mawhinney lawyer accuses ASIC of trial by media

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
Embattled Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney's lawyer has accused ASIC of conducting a trial by media. Roberts Gray Lawyers, representing Mawhinney, accused the regulator of issuing a media release announcing contempt proceedings against Mawhinney ...

Australian philanthropy awards winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
Tim Fairfax was recognised as Leading Philanthropist at Philanthropy Australia's annual awards last night, presented in a special online ceremony for the second consecutive year. Now in their seventh year, the awards celebrate extraordinary achievements ...

BT Practice Principals' Community goes independent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Former BT executive Kon Costas has spun out the institution's self-licensee offering, launching his own business. Now known as the Principals' Community, Costas has formed it as an independent and dedicated self-licensed offer with the objective ...

BTC Markets adds to advisory board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
The digital assets exchange appointed two new senior additions to its advisory board, hiring from ASX and Tyro. David Raper and Garry Duursma joined the advisory board following the release of the final report of the Parliamentary Committee on Australia ...

Unlisted unit trust conversions boost ETP sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Unlisted unit trusts converting to exchange-traded products continues to bolster the $125.3 billion sector, new research suggests. Rainmaker's September 2021 ETP report found the growth in ETP assets was driven by the conversion of unlisted unit ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure a failure: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
New analysis from Morningstar suggests Australia has "blown its opportunity" to improve portfolio holdings disclosures. "As an otherwise sophisticated market, it is remarkable that Australia has consistently ranked bottom of all major global markets ...