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ETF Shares to bolster sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Australian exchange-traded fund start-up ETF Shares will accelerate its push into the local market following the appointment of Will Taylor as chief operating officer. Taylor, who landed from Global X, will report to chief executive Cliff Man and oversee ...

Capstone appoints former licensee head to new role

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Capstone Financial Planning has appointed its executive manager growth and development. Commencing his role on July 1, Marcus O'Sullivan will be responsible for licensee growth, practice developments, and licensing and education activities. O'Sullivan ...

Alternatives high on the radar to escape Trump's tariffs: Fidante

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Financial advisers are increasingly searching for alternative sources to capture alpha amid ongoing market volatility. Surveying 174 financial advisers, Findante found that four in 10 advisers are now bearish on both US equities and Australian equities ...

Syfe plots major Australian expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Syfe, which recently acquired Selfwealth, has raised more than $80 million to fund its Australian expansion which will focus on the mass affluent market. Syfe has raised $81.5 million (US$53m) in support of its Australian strategy, the bulk of which ...

Aged care reforms pushed to November

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
The government is delaying the implementation of the new Aged Care Act until November 1 following widespread concerns that stakeholders weren't given enough time to prepare. The new legislation was due to commence from 1 July 2025. Now, it will be effective ...

LGT Crestone, AUSIEX acquisitions finalised

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
AUSIEX has finalised its acquisition of FIIG Holdings, while LGT Crestone's takeover of Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) private wealth business has completed. AUSIEX, which is a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI), has now expanded ...

New SMSF trustees drive financial advice uptake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... significant advice gaps for many individuals operating their own super fund. "Only 24% of SMSFs currently use a financial adviser, which is not ideal when you think of the many complexities associated with managing superannuation including keeping track ...

Count Financial class action dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
Count Financial has successfully defended itself against a class action which was filed in 2020 alleging it failed to ensure financial advisers were acting in their clients' best interests. The case has been before the court for just shy of five years ...

Industry groups hammer out guidance on tax-deductible advice fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), in consultation with leading accounting bodies, has released new guidance on tax-deductible advice fees. The guidance follows the release of the ATO Tax Determination in September last year, which the ...

Alternatives spark 'real' opportunities for HNW advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
There are an increasing number of high-net-worth (HNW) investors using alternative assets to diversify, protect against inflation and lessen returns related to the public markets, with Praemium saying advisers should look to capitalise from this trend. ...