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Former wealth management chief ousted from financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
The founder and former chief executive of wealth management firm United Global Capital, Joel Hewish, has been slapped with a 10-year ban from providing financial services. Hewish, who is also prohibited from holding any role within a financial services ...

'Unrealistic overconfidence' major issue for new advice clients

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
A new report has identified how financial advice firms can bridge the value gap for prospective clients to get them on their books. Netwealth's 2024 Advisable Australian research, conducted in partnership with The Lab Strategy, found the barriers to ...

Institutional investors embracing crypto: GDF

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
Global Digital Finance (GDF) suggests that digital assets are becoming quite popular with institutional investors. Conducting a global survey of 100 executives, GDF found almost all participants (93%) have handled Bitcoin in some shape or form. Meanwhile ...

Super for housing will cause rents to soar: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
New research from the Super Members Council (SMC) has revealed using superannuation for house deposits could, over time, increase rental prices. SMC said the Coalition's plan to use super for house deposits is projected to cause a 9% spike in the ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
The fund's Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option returned a dismal -15.96% in FY24, but chief investment officer John Pearce says the growth themes remain intact, adding it's on a more solid footing than in FY21 when returns soared ...

WTW retirement solutions lead steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
A long-serving Willis Towers Watson (WTW) superannuation and retirement expert has left the firm after nearly 28 years. Nick Callil was the head of retirement solutions for Australia, leading WTW's research in retirement strategy. He also consulted ...

Charges brought against ASX pump and dump group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Four people have been criminally charged after an ASIC investigation identified them as key members of a Telegram group named the 'ASX Pump and Dump Group.' Syed Yusuf, Larissa Quinlan, Emma Summer, and Kurt Stuart have been charged with conspiracy ...

ASIC bans 'incompetent' financial services directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
ASIC has banned two former directors and responsible managers of XTrade, a trading platform that offers clients opportunities to trade in contracts for difference (CFDs) and foreign exchange contracts. The directors, Shay Zakhaim and Anthony Anderson ...

Brighter Super posts 9.07% returns for its default option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
Brighter Super announced double-digit returns in its Balanced and Growth accumulation options and 9.07% for its default MySuper option. The Balanced accumulation option returned 10.57% and the Growth accumulation option delivered 11.91%, for the year ...

Vanguard Super's default option delivers 13.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
Vanguard Super's default MySuper lifecycle investment option has posted a 13.2% return in its first full financial year. This investment option outperformed some of Australia's largest superannuation funds, surpassing all industry funds on a one-year ...