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Women the future of advice: Netwealth

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
Wealth professionals are being encouraged to adjust their advice offering and better serve women or risk missing out on a key growth market. Netwealth's white paper titled Women as the new face of wealth found younger affluent females are engaged with ...

Fiducian expands adviser base, increases FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
Fiducian saw the number of its financial advisers grow from 66 to 84 representatives in the second half of 2022 and flagged that another five franchises are in the process of joining the fold. Releasing its half-year report on the ASX this morning ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... June 2022, the MOSERS Board of Trustees directed staff to require BlackRock to abstain from voting proxies on behalf of the plan, "due to concerns with their public statements and record of prioritising ESG initiatives over shareholder return." In August ...

Value companies to outperform in 2023: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
VanEck portfolio manager Cameron McCormack forecasts a bright outlook for value companies in 2023, particularly among Australian equities. "We think value companies are likely to outperform in 2023," McCormack said. "We're entering a period that echoes ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
Superannuation funds could soon break free from the shackles of intra-fund advice but financial advisers aren't happy about it. The Quality of Advice Review proposal (QAR) sitting before Treasury would give super funds the green light to provide ...

Super disruptors throw in the towel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... GigSuper had less than 200 members and $2.8 million in assets before shuttering, while women-targeted start-up FairVine, a sub-plan of Aracon Super, quietly shut down after three years. COVID-19 and stringent superannuation red tape were perhaps the ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
Consumer bodies have criticised the Quality of Advice Review's final report, saying the proposals create a two-tier system whereby poorer Australians will only be able to access conflicted advice. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran ...

My mind has not been changed: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
Financial advisers and non-relevant providers should share the load when it comes to giving simpler financial advice, Michelle Levy maintains. As previously flagged in the draft proposals, Levy has suggested the Corporations Act be amended to provide ...

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 ...

Vanguard Super head resigns

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
Just three months on from the launch of its product, the head of Vanguard's superannuation business is set to leave. Michael Lovett will depart Vanguard at the end of the month. Commenting on Lovett's departure, Vanguard Australia managing director ...