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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.

Bragg accuses ASIC of secrecy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... data and surveillance, focused specifically on this issue. As part of that work, we noted various entities, various practices that we're taking a range of actions and steps in regard of that." In late 2024 and throughout 2025 so far, ASIC has made ...

ASIC proposes further breach reporting relief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... December 2021, came in December last year when it reviewed adherence, and issued prompts to help licensees strengthen their practices. ASIC found licensees were generally slow to report breaches, with delays driven by the time it took to identify problems ...

Platforms placate fee consent ordeal: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Platform Market Wrap report, which analysed 18 platforms and portfolio solutions. "One of the areas that a lot of advice practices struggle with each year is the ongoing fee consent," Peker told Financial Standard. If the average adviser has 110 clients ...

Super's operational infrastructure 'not quite right'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... addressing any problems." The report made several recommendations for super funds including investing and uplifting practices within risk management practices, notably in liquidity stress testing. It also said super funds should engage in more industry ...

Shift needed in retirement income advice: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... said. "In the same way that investments and insurance philosophies are foundational resources for adviser and advice practices, driving more efficiency and consistency and quality outcomes for client, the time is now right for the retirement income philosophy ...

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... the need for financial advice and what it involves. But in recent years, a gap has materialised, with boutique advice practices unable to match the marketing budgets of bigger players. Though as super funds move further into the advice space following ...