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Cheques to wind down by 2030: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... following government plans to wind down outdated methods like cheques. Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down a five-point strategic plan yesterday in front of the Australian Banking Association and said the vision is to create a modern, world-class system. ...

Advice regtech acquires TIQK assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
Regtech provider for financial advisers Fourth Line has acquired the intellectual property of defunct startup TIQK. The assets include artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology. Fourth Line chief executive Joel Ronchi said that ...

HNW population sees biggest decline in decade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... wealth management firms are cautious - only a third of the 95 wealth management executives surveyed in 14 markets said they plan to add more alternative investment products to portfolios in the coming year. "Alternative investments (other than digital ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
Inflation is a looming threat to retirement incomes, so it's no surprise financial advisers are rotating toward more dynamic strategies. According to a report penned by Challenger and Ensombl, inflation is fast becoming the number one threat to ...

Generation Life rolls out product enhancements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
Generation Life has unveiled the next generation of its LifeIncome offering, introducing a new tool for financial advisers. LifeIncome was launched last year on the GBST cloud-based wealth administration platform, Composer. Responding to feedback from ...

Advisers outsourcing to amplify investment capabilities: Mason Stevens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
A Mason Stevens whitepaper says that financial advisers are increasingly embracing outsourcing of their investment capability. Mason Stevens said the main economics of outsourcing are the time freed up for the adviser to nurture client relationships ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
Greenhushing - in which companies stop all voluntary disclosure of ESG information - is just another form of greenwashing, according to ASIC chair Joe Longo. In a public speech, Longo provided additional context to the market regulator's focus on ESG ...

Cboe launches first ever global listing network

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
Cboe Global Markets has launched a global listing network facilitating access to capital and secondary liquidity for companies and ETFs. The derivatives and exchange network said Cboe Global Listings is "the first-of-its-kind," and has plans to launch ...

ASX lays out five-year plan to restore trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... confident that it can restore stakeholders' trust and get its fundamentals and governance right as it lays out a five-year plan to rectify ongoing issues. ASX managing director and chief executive Helen Lofthouse today unveiled the exchange's ...

ESSSuper reduces admin fees, renews insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... of the scheduled administration fee reduction of 0.05%... It will be applied by adjusting the unit prices for Accumulation Plan investment options on 31 May 2023." Last year, ESSSuper transitioned to Iress for administration, having previously carried ...