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Trust key to client satisfaction in advice: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... become extremely confident in achieving their financial goals - compared to 28% of those before receiving advice. The report - now in its eighth year - has introduced a new Value of an Adviser Index, which ranks the five components based on how they ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
The government has dumped the inquiry into wealth management companies that would have dissected the collapse of firms like Dixon Advisory and the impact on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). In September 2024, the government referred the ...

Alternatives, international equities dominate mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
The number of contestable investment mandates rose to 6007 in the March quarter of this year, according to the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report. Managed accounts was the largest market segment with 2658, followed by 2368 for super, 770 for investment ...

ASIC flags firm grip on private and public markets, super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
ASIC is targeting the perfect storm of declining public market listings, booming private markets and the growing influence of superannuation funds as key enforcement priorities over the next four years, insisting that it is not sitting on the sidelines. ...

Inflation hits highest level in over a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.8% in the 12 months to July 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 2.8% annual CPI inflation to July was up from 1.9% to June. This is the highest ...

Super funds should prompt members on death benefits: SCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) has called on superannuation funds to do more to prompt members to complete a binding nomination and clearly communicate why it is important they have one. This comes as SCA released new research showing that 36% of Australians ...

Three portfolio managers exit Stewart Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
The exit of three key portfolio managers at Stewart Investors has thrown ratings of several funds they managed into disarray. Sydney-based senior portfolio managers David Gait and Sashi Reddy, and Singapore-based senior portfolio manager Sujaya Desai ...

Liquidity issues hurting Healthbridge Capital investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
Healthbridge Capital investors have been locked out of their money since March amid a liquidity crunch as corporate regulator ASIC stays mum about its knowledge or investigation into the potential collapse of another managed investment scheme. A significant ...

ASIC warns of 'sharp rise' in financial misconduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
New data shows a significant rise in the number of misconduct reports made to ASIC, with more than half of the complaints impacting retail investors. ASIC's half-year reports of misconduct data shows that there were 7561 reports of misconduct from 1 ...

Only half of advice practices report positive earnings: Investment Trends

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
The latest findings from Investment Trends reveal that only half of financial advice practices report positive momentum when it comes to profitability. The 2025 Adviser Business Model Report shows that profitability in the sector continues to improve ...