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ASIC calls out licensees: 'We will take action'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Alan Kirkland issued a blunt warning to licensees not meeting their obligations. Speaking at an industry event, Kirkland said the regulator has spent two years warning licensees to ...

Australia's competitiveness climbs world rankings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... must do more to diversify our economy and revive our weak productivity." It wasn't all positive news for Australia though, with the country's worst result coming through from poor levels of entrepreneurship. Australia is ranked 61st out of 67 ...

AFSLs undertake more reviews, lack risk documentation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... respondents." Retail licensees said getting the design and distribution obligations (DDO) right was a top priority even though it resulted in substantial work. "The same cannot be said for reportable situation obligations and complaints, where the results ...

More Aussies anticipate renting in retirement: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
An increasing number of Australians expect to be paying off a mortgage or forced to rent in retirement, according to the latest Vanguard How Australia Retires survey. Vanguard Australia managing director Daniel Shrimski said after working hard and saving ...

Nuveen chief executive exits amid leadership shakeup

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... will go from strength to strength under his stewardship. She also wished Minaya "every success" in his future endeavours, though it remains unclear where he'll be heading. Huffman said: "We will continue to succeed by reinforcing our position as a market ...

Older clients boost book values

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... subsided, the business environment began to stabilise. Transaction activities have since returned to more typical patterns, though the legacy of the pandemic's impact on supply remains." Using a metric based on fee size per client, investment and ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... time for decisive action is now." Women's representation in the political sphere increased at the federal and local level, though top-level positions remained largely inaccessible for women globally. Women were also still rare in top-level positions ...

Advisers shoulder massive wealth transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... that we have the biggest opportunity in financial advice that's probably ever existed. It's not going to be easy though," CoreData global chief executive Andrew Inwood says. Many advisers find the transferral of money between the next of kin ...

Recession signs: Economic growth has 'ground to a halt'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... has largely run its course." Aird said data shows that Australians have been spending more than was previously expected, though he quipped that much of that spending has been occurring offshore saying, "we've done our best to export some of the inflation ...

ETFs dominate client portfolios: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... said they are still confident in the 60/40 portfolio, up slightly from 71% last year. Over the next two to five years, though, clients are concerned about the effects of higher interest rates (75%), which was the most frequently asked question thrown ...