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Pendal recovers losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
Pendal reported a 41.5% jump in net profit after tax to $164.7 million in the year ending September, making up for the losses in its previous results. The funds management firm also recorded a 34.6% spike in revenue to $627.4 million and average funds ...

ASIC outlines ROA guidance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
The corporate regulator released examples of Records of Advice (ROA) to provide clarity to financial advisers and licensees on their obligations when using them for clients. The information sheet, INFO 266 FAQs: Records of Advice, provides answers to ...

E&P Financial Group hit with class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
Piper Alderman launched a class action against E&P Financial Group and its former chief executive Alan Dixon for allegedly providing conflicted financial advice and engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. The law firm has taken Dixon and E&P Financial ...

Adviser exits continue, industry recruits 50

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
Only 50 financial advisers joined the financial advice industry in the year to September, as Rainmaker analysis shows that the total population has dwindled to 19,238. Rainmaker's latest Financial adviser report reveals an 11% year-on-year drop in the ...

ASIC smooths path for crypto ETFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
ASIC has released guidance for product issuers on crypto exchange traded products, with the industry broadly supporting the regulator's stance. ASIC's good practice guide includes admission and monitoring standards, custody of crypto-assets, pricing ...

Super fund documents unreadable: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
The documents produced by Australia's largest superannuation funds have performed dismally in an analysis of readability, with an average score of 45.6 out of a possible 100. Ethos CRS analysed 80 different documents published online by the 10 largest ...

Super executives switching options in conflict: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
ASIC has released the results of surveillance into investment switching by super fund executives during market volatility at the start of the pandemic, finding possible conflicts of interest. ASIC looked at a sample of 23 trustees (including trustees ...

Exam pass rate steady at 60%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
The September financial adviser exam pass rate was stable at 60% but continues to fall below the overall pass rate of 88.5%. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's latest examination statistics show that more than 1300 candidates sat ...

Future Fund hits $199 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Future Fund's latest portfolio update shows the sovereign wealth fund is just shy of hitting $200 billion. "After the exceptional 22% return in 2020-21, the Future Fund continued to grow in the September 2021 quarter. Delivering a 10-year return of ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
A former Freedom Insurance director and consultant will head to Federal Court for their alleged involvement in aggressive sales tactics. ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against former Freedom Insurance managing director of Keith Cohen and ...