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Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... the entire financial advice sector was only 381," she said. "We know there are very few Professional Year candidates currently progressing with our member firms. The number of new entrants will not replenish the advisers who are going to be retiring ...

Bell Financial Group launches Tandem Securities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... self-directed broking, contrasted with considerable consolidation in the B2B sector, particularly in third-party clearing. Currently, only two to three key players dominate the market, he said, with many other participants lacking the necessary scale ...

Rest calls for removal of minimum work hours for super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... that Australian workers - many of which are under 18 - can earn superannuation regardless of how many hours they work. Currently, workers under the age of 18 are only eligible for compulsory Superannuation Guarantee payments from their employer if they ...

Morningstar unsure if KKR's Perpetual bid benefits shareholders

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... shareholders can expect to receive cash proceeds, probably through a capital return, after paying off Perpetual's group debt - currently $771 million - in addition to transaction and separation costs, and other specific business expenses. He also doesn't ...

Advisers must unite for major reforms: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... lower the cost of providing advice to make it more affordable and accessible. One of the most important areas advisers currently face is the stage of life and dynamics that come with the intergenerational wealth transfer, which Perth-based Boyce said ...

Perpetual seals $2.18bn deal with KKR, chief to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... chair, focusing mainly on the asset management business. Cooper will also head the board's sub-committee that is currently conducting a worldwide search to find a new chief executive for asset management. Perpetual's share price sunk 7.74% on ...

Platinum's FUM dips below $14bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... term," Platinum said. Newly minted chief executive Jeff Peters unveiled his turnaround plan in March. The reset phase currently underway will slash costs in a bid to "right size" the business. It also involves reviewing existing product offerings and ...

Farewell TelstraSuper: Largest corporate fund explores merger options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... ago, but it now has a much broader membership, having allowed family and friends of employees to join in recent years. Currently, less than one quarter of the fund's 84,000 members work for Telstra. For this reason, the TelstraSuper board and Telstra ...

Fidelity to roll out more active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... Fund - which also launched in 2005 - has delivered 10.67% since inception, outperforming the benchmark by 0.48%. It currently has about $275 million in FUM. A meeting of unitholders will be convened on May 14 to vote on whether the constitution should ...

Count renews Iress contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... Administration," Price said. The UK component separates the activities of Wealth & Sourcing from Trading. Harry Mitchell currently oversees Wealth & Sourcing in addition to APAC Wealth. The Trading unit now reports into Jason Hoang as part of our global ...