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Most advisers satisfied with success: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... between what firms aim for and what they achieve, although comparing EBIT across different scales can be tricky. A 20% EBIT means something entirely different for a $400,000 turnover firm compared to one with $4 million in turnover," the Advice Operations ...

Innova backs using leverage in super for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... annual return (or a real return of 4.5%) over the 30 years ended 30 June 2023, according to ASFA. "The scale of super funds means they could borrow at very low cost. Applying a moderate amount of leverage combined with a greater allocation to equities ...

Lazard enters local ETF industry with infra offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... investors with the ability to take advantage of such benefits and has therefore explored the functionality of ETFs, as a means of creating new distribution channels for the funds."

Advisers shoulder massive wealth transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... accounts that aren't easily quantifiable. "It's the biggest financial change in the history of Australia and what that means to us is that we have the biggest opportunity in financial advice that's probably ever existed. It's not going ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of XTrade

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... decision to cancel the AFSL. Following an interlocutory hearing on 31 May 2024, the AAT refused XTrade's stay application. This means that XTrade's AFSL remains cancelled until a final decision is made by the AAT on the substantive review application ...

Hostplus rejigs Maritime Super insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... years. More positively, Hostplus will extend the terminal illness certification period from 12 to 24 months. This change means that members diagnosed with an illness or injury likely to result in death can receive their terminal illness benefit and access ...

Generation Development Group to take over Lonsec

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... GDG is an "ideal acquisition partner, intending to continue to operate Lonsec predominantly as a separate business, which means continuity of our existing product and service propositions for our clients." "This transaction will enable Lonsec to accelerate ...

ASIC suspends AFSL for six managed investment schemes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... 2023, excluding the Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Fund for the half-year ending 31 December 2023. The licence suspension means that Aurora cannot provide financial services including issuing any new interests in the schemes. However, ASIC said in ...

Chinese property market to stabilise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... consumer confidence from its currently depressed levels." A focus on clearing inventory to meet affordable housing goals means there should also be less pressure on local governments to build new homes from scratch, Chan and Kushlis said. "Consequently ...

Social media influencers charged for promoting shady investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... contracts for difference (CFDs) to bet on foreign currencies. Nwanze faces one count of breaching a "general prohibition," which means conducting regulated financial activities without proper authorisation, under the Financial Services and Markets Act ...