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Super doesn't have to be 'boring', but innovation is key

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Leaders at Aware Super, NGS Super, Rest and AMP have all pointed to slow moving systems as standing in the way of innovation while speaking at the AM Tech Day conference in Sydney. AMP group executive, platforms Edwina Maloney said traditional thinking ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
SMSF Association (SMSFA) chief executive Peter Burgess has called out recent hawking practices that prompt people to transfer their retirement savings into a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Burgess said the sector needs to be on alert about the resurgence ...

Managed accounts sector grows to $233bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... out of the 48 organisations that took part in the survey collectively manage more than $10 billion in assets. Milliman practice leader for Australia Victor Huang said markets recorded strong growth in the six months to December 2024 with a 6.9% rise ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... chair, and senior management. APRA's proposals have been pitched to align governance standards with contemporary best practice, establish clear benchmarks, address poor practice, and ensure directors have the necessary "skills, experience, and character." ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... but they should continue to trade at a premium to other small businesses. According to Centurion Market Makers' Advice Practice Acquisition, Sale & Valuation Guide for 2025, demand is increasing for premium fee-based client books - however, the impact ...

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Doug Tynan's GCQ Funds Management joins a growing number of active managers to enter the exchange-traded fund sector. The Sydney-based firm's flagship fund will trade on the ASX as an active ETF providing investors with access to GCQ's concentrated ...

Advisers grapple with AI, require support: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Nearly one third of financial advisers are currently using artificial intelligence (AI) in their practice at a basic level, but many more say they need education and guidance, a new Investment Trends study finds. Some 27% of advisers that are embracing ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
ASIC is setting its sights on the private markets sector, flagging it will pay particular attention to the surging popularity of opaque private debt investments. The regulator lays out its concerns in discussion paper, Australia's evolving capital ...

ASIC clearing and settlements powers to curb ASX monopoly

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
In a bid to curb monopolistic practices, ASIC's new powers that mandate the ASX to be more transparent on its fees and services relating to clearing and settlements (CS) will kick in three months from now. Under the ASIC CS Services Rules 2025 ...

AZ NGA positions for growth with key appointment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Former Fitzpatricks Financial Group chief executive Jodie Blackledge is joining the leadership team of AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA). Blackledge has been appointed group chief financial officer at AZ NGA, reporting to group chief executive Paul ...