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Treasury releases Quality of Advice Review final report

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
True to her word, Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy's final report contains few surprises, however her recommendations include the introduction of both a Good Advice Duty and a Statutory Best Interests Duty. The 267-page final report ...

Insignia saves thousands of hours with AI

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
Implementing an artificial intelligence solution has saved Insignia Financial tens of thousands of working hours, it says. The financial services company rolled out its first digital worker called Optimus in 2019 and has since steadily increased its ...

Divestments impact Insignia FUMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
Insignia Financial reported an increase in funds under management and administration (FUMA) in Q2 FY23 despite divesting from JANA and AET. Insignia FUMA was $285.1 billion as at 31 December 2022, an increase of $7.4 billion (+2.7%) on a continuing ...

JANA management buys out Insignia stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
The management team at JANA now fully owns the asset consultant, having bought out the 45% interest owned by Insignia Financial following its acquisition of MLC. JANA and Insignia have entered into a binding share sale agreement for the former's ...

Adviser population dropped 17% in 2022

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
The number of financial advisers is now at its lowest in almost two decades, analysis shows. According to Rainmaker Information's breakdown of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, a net 3250 (17.3%) financial advisers exited the sector last year ...

Barrenjoey launches social purpose fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
Barrenjoey has launched a new social purpose portfolio management company, Community Capital, with a cornerstone investment from Australian Retirement Trust. The Community Capital Credit Fund has been founded by Barrenjoey and Laurence Marshbaum, a ...

Chalmers gives Equity Trustees green light on AET

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
After months of waiting, Equity Trustees has received ministerial approval to officially acquire Insignia Financial's Australian Executor Trustees (AET). Approval by treasurer Jim Chalmers was a condition precedent to completion of the $135 million ...

Insignia revamps wrap platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
Insignia Financial has made enhancements to its advised super, pension, and investment Expand wrap products, affording financial advisers greater management flexibility. As part of its simplification and transformation program, Insignia has introduced ...

APRA slaps extra conditions on Insignia trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
The prudential regulator has placed additional conditions on Insignia Financial's RSE licence over governance and risk management issues, including delaying the transfer member benefits to other funds. The additional conditions apply to IOOF Investment ...

Separation of ANZ P&I business completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Several years in the making, Insignia Financial has finally completed the separation of the pensions and investments business, in a first of its kind move. This is the first time a superannuation business has been separated from a big four bank, with ...