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BUSSQ abandons appeal, concedes to licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... August, which force the fund to hire an independent party to probe its fit and proper processes and expenditure management practices. The regulator adjusted compliance timeframes to clarify "the operation of the conditions" and to ensure the fund begins ...

ASIC slaps FIIG Securities with lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... have been actively engaging with companies to support the continuous improvement of cyber and operational resilience practices. "We allege FIIG's inadequate cybersecurity measures left the business and its confidential client information vulnerable ...

Super doesn't have to be 'boring', but innovation is key

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... deliberate about that." NGS Super chief executive Natalie Previtera mirrored those thoughts, saying the fund's hiring practices are much more focused on data. "When we are doing our recruitment, we are looking for people with capability around data ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
SMSF Association (SMSFA) chief executive Peter Burgess has called out recent hawking practices that prompt people to transfer their retirement savings into a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Burgess said the sector needs to be on alert about the resurgence ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... our capacity to ensure compliance with them, we aim to lift governance standards among entities that are lagging best practices and bring them into line with contemporary expectations," he said. APRA's plans to scale the changes based on size and complexity ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
Buyers of financial planning practices and client books are becoming more focused on profit, leading acquirers to be much more discerning when it comes to fee per client - but they should continue to trade at a premium to other small businesses. According ...

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... appointment of Adam Philippe, who joins as distribution director to manage the fund's relationship with financial advice practices in regional Australia. Before joining GCQ, Philippe was chief operating officer at Roc Partners and spent thirteen ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... credit. The approaches taken by firms around treatment of upfront fees, management of conflicts of interest and valuation practices will continue to come under scrutiny both by regulators, media, and other investors in the fund."

ASIC clearing and settlements powers to curb ASX monopoly

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
In a bid to curb monopolistic practices, ASIC's new powers that mandate the ASX to be more transparent on its fees and services relating to clearing and settlements (CS) will kick in three months from now. Under the ASIC CS Services Rules 2025 ...

AZ NGA positions for growth with key appointment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... with Entireti to acquire AMP's advice licensees. At the same time, AZ NGA acquired AMP's minority stakes in 16 of its practices.