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WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... ration as a result of the removal of duplication of expenses such as ASX listing fees, share registry fees, audit fees, compliance costs, and other public listed company costs, as well as a larger pool of assets across which to spread expenses," Wilson ...

InvestSMART launches investing platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... portfolios through InvestSMART's professionally managed accounts. The latter is providing its back-end administrative, compliance, and technological platform. In an ASX announcement, InvestSMART anticipated "significant growth potential" for its white ...

MSC Trustees nabs Equity Trustees general manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... oversight. Before that, she spent seven years with Perpetual as a business unit manager, working in client management and compliance. She is a chartered accountant and has also worked with Grant Thornton and BDO Nelson Parkhill. "We are delighted to ...

Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... succession planning, training and professional development, and business coaching. Only 5% of BDMs assist advisers with compliance and monitoring support, while 55% of PDMs offer this support. The majority (64%) said they spend too much time performing ...

Iress loses key wealth executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... retirement. During this time, she advised Jeremy Cooper, head of retirement income. Haqqani previously worked as a compliance manager for RBC Global Asset Management and a product and relationship specialist at EQT Funds Management. She spent five years ...

UniSuper creates lead governance, compliance role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... Pacific at Morningstar, a role she's held since July 2021. UniSuper said Bradley will lead its investment governance and compliance processes while supporting internal and external financial advisers on investment issues. "We're delighted to welcome ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... and every asset in the fund. All service providers acted in good faith throughout - and invested in robust legal and compliance processes. "We would have welcomed the opportunity to work with ASIC to explore and address any issue or concern that they ...

GBST upgrades WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... and SMSFs. Additionally, GBST ushered in an "electronic consent capture" to enhance efficiencies without compromising compliance or raising costs. "This supports compliance practice and minimises interaction oversight to improve accuracy in client communication ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... responsibility and sustainability," she said. Conversely, will the banks be prepared for more regulatory scrutiny and higher compliance costs particularly if there is no additional revenue to buffer such additional time and effort? Nguyen said stricter ...

ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... auditors with the ATO. There are currently 4341 registered SMSF auditors. As a result of referrals from the ATO's compliance program and other identified SMSF auditor conduct concerns, ASIC has deregistered 14 SMSF auditors and imposed conditions ...