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Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor and Shadow Assistant Treasurer Luke Howarth have announced a range of measures the Coalition would be looking to prioritise for the financial advice industry if elected on May 3. Among these policies, Taylor and Howarth ...

Webull launches SMSF account offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... platform." For this reason, the company built a "full-service suite" that includes institutional-grade cash management, professional trading tools, and live support, alongside features which he said are typically "associated with platforms that charge ...

New SEC chair affirmed, FCA chief reappointed

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... Atkins, nominated by President Donald Trump, has been approved as the next chair. Atkins is an accomplished financial professional, bringing some 35 years of experience to the fold. He enjoyed a stint at the SEC earlier in his career and held senior ...

Australian Ethical hires ESG heavyweight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
Australian Ethical Investment has added another sustainable investment professional to its team as it continues to attract more capital. The fund has hired Dan Simpson as a sustainable and impact specialist and the link between the business's investment ...

Janus Henderson to take on $75bn fixed income portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
Janus Henderson has entered a strategic partnership with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) to manage its $75 billion (US$45 billion) investment grade public fixed income portfolio. As part of the partnership, Guardian investment ...

AIOFP partners with fintech firm to offer white-labelled digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has partnered with fintech firm moneyGPS, which will provide its digital advice platform to the advice association's 120 AFSL members and 5000 financial advisers. Through the partnership ...

CA ANZ launches AI fluency certificate for finance professionals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... professionals stay competitive in rapidly evolving workplaces. "The Certificate in AI Fluency exemplifies the dynamic professional development and training initiatives CA ANZ is creating to empower our members and finance professionals to embrace Gen ...

Adviser exam pass rate declines

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... with 289 participants. The passing of the exam is required before an adviser initiates the third quarter of their professional year and they also need to be authorised by an Australian financial services licensee as a provisional financial adviser. To ...

Aussies need help to navigate the great wealth transfer: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... towards longer-term investments such as bricks-and-mortar and retirement income. "There is no doubt that getting professional financial advice could be very useful for these people to help manage the tax implications, legal issues, and investment decisions." ...

New gig for Challenger's ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... within the EY consulting practice before moving to the Pendal Group after three years. She joined Challenger as a risk professional in 2016 but quickly moved into ESG covering the global regulatory landscape, climate risk and PRI reporting, O'Meara ...