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Syfe plots major Australian expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... supports customers and financial advisers, including self-managed super capabilities. It said it wants to help close the advice gap, offering services to more of the 12 million Australians estimated to hold over $100,000 in investable assets but don't ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... engagement infrastructure to support members through and into retirement," he said. Reardon noted this is where the major gap exists in the system. The first reason why it exists is because the industry grapples in the post-Royal Commission regulatory ...

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... urgent, structural, and strategic action that the Australian government can take now is to rapidly and radically reduce the gap between the super-rich and the rest of society. We can't allow billionaire wealth to continue to rise unchecked while two ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... know what to pick or how to build a diversified portfolio," Superhero founder John Winters said. "Our aim is to bridge that gap, giving people confidence and clarity without going down the often costly personal advice route. "Advice is one of the biggest ...

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... portfolio approach (TPA) to investment. Nigel Wilkin-Smith founded Long Horizon Enterprises to address what he sees as a glaring gap in the market for advisory services that can translate the TPA theory into practical action. He is currently working ...

New SMSF trustees drive financial advice uptake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
Trustees of newly established self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are behind a surge in the uptake of financial advice, according to a Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF report. The report, while showing that adviser influence is growing in new SMSF set-ups ...

'Tensions' identified between FAR and other requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
The chief executives of several superannuation funds sat down with ASIC and APRA for a roundtable to discuss key issues related to the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR). As part of the discussions, the super fund chiefs emphasised the importance ...

CSC, Future Fund, RBA pay data released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... accountability is a catalyst for further action," WGEA chief executive Mary Wooldridge said. CSC recorded a 22.1% gender pay gap for total median remuneration and 22% for the median base salary despite recording an equal number of male and female employees. ...

Alternatives spark 'real' opportunities for HNW advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... they're looking to their advisers to filter opportunities and provide clarity. "Advisers who can bridge the access and education gap on alternatives will be well positioned to add value and differentiate their offer." Further, among the asset class ...

Former Qualitas duo launch funds management shop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... struggle to secure the flexible capital needed to break ground," Poinsettia Capital said. "The result is a widening funding gap that also shuts out wholesale investors..." Poinsettia Capital co-founder Paraskevos said developer-builders bring deep alignment ...