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Jones clarifies scope of new class of adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025

Minister for financial services Stephen Jones has ruled out talk that the new class of adviser could provide holistic personal retirement advice and acknowledged the need to reform the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) during a post-budget briefing ...

Government plans to develop 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025

... the same time as making sure Australians can use and invest in digital assets safely and securely with appropriate regulation," they said. On Friday, the government released a Statement on Developing an Innovative Australian Digital Asset Industry, which ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025

... retirement." Also commenting, Financial Services Council chief executive Blake Briggs said: "Layers of red tape and onerous regulation has meant that financial advice now costs more than $5000 in some cases, putting it out of reach for millions of Australians. ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025

... Chase in the lead, followed by DWS, BlackRock, Allianz, and UBS. With an overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation due for the end of this year, Urgewald's Fiona Hauke said the EU should "show more ambition" in regulating funds with ESG ...

Ord Minnett poaches Perpetual advisers amid hiring spree

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025

... graduates in the industry. Hegerty said that with adviser numbers having almost halved in Australia because of "necessary regulation," it's encouraging to see strong demand for financial advice careers. He added Ords supports the recent announcement ...

UK regulators abandon DEI reporting push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) will no longer introduce new diversity and inclusion rules for financial services organisations, claiming they wish to "avoid additional burdens on firms at this time." ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025

... play out. "The changes aren't an improvement if this opens the door to cancel culture creeping into prudential regulation. Just because someone worked for an organisation on the receiving end of bad publicity shouldn't necessarily eliminate them ...

Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025

... CHESS Replacement project. The report, published in April 2024, made 12 recommendations to strengthen the oversight and regulation of Australia's financial market infrastructure. "The Australian government thanks the Committee for its work on these complex ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025

... perspective. The critical point for ASIC is whether there is a need for interventions to address risk or adjustment to how regulation operates to take advantage of opportunities important for the attractiveness of our capital markets." Furthermore, Longo ...

AI's big moment? Not this year, says Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025

... new administration's impact on their sectors. A key factor is the expectation of a more lenient approach to domestic regulation - both day-to-day business operations and acquisitions that previously "might have been frowned upon," the survey said. "Expectations ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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