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New recruits top advice industry priority: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
The industry is urgently prioritising the recruitment of new advisers as those who remain bear the brunt of paying heftier levies that aggravate the costs of running a business and puts financial advice further out of reach for Australians. The latest ...

Inflation spikes again sparking rate rise fears

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Australians and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will be feeling disappointed after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the CPI indicator or May showing an annual increase of 4%, up from 3.4% in February. Canstar group executive, financial ...

Super account advice fees a sticking point for advice bill: Senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes and Other Measures) Bill 2024, was introduced in the House of Representatives and read for a first time on March 27. The committee discussed 11 recommendations from the DBFO's predecessor, Michelle ...

Where does the world's largest active manager say to invest?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... harder for people to grasp because it takes companies years to complete and is hidden from consumers; it's not something read about in the press every day. He cited the report where a Capital Group portfolio manager said he'll be looking to invest in ...

TCorp moves to new OneFund structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
... way of keeping the investment funds in OneFund appropriately funded to meet their policy requirements," Budget documents read. The move, which is effective August 31, is expected to drive higher returns for each fund while also delivering efficiencies ...

Most advisers satisfied with success: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... different for a $400,000 turnover firm compared to one with $4 million in turnover," the Advice Operations Research Report 2024 read. "Moreover, the journey of business growth often involves phases of intense activity followed by hiring to expand capacity ...

AMP North launches new tool

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
AMP North has launched a new tool for financial advisers to support client review reports. The tool, called North Interactive, allows advisers to visualise clients' account and performance information. It provides clear visuals and the capability to ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... there was, for example, 'No way' Active Super would invest members funds in gambling, tobacco and so on, was to be read subject to a proviso that there was a way in which it would do exactly that, by investing indirectly, not directly." O'Callaghan ...

Interest rate relief unlikely 'this side of Christmas'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... due to the surge in immigration and the public infrastructure investment boom." Bassanese said the upshot of the inflation read is that interest rates are likely to remain at current restrictive levels for an extended period with "little relief likely ...

abrdn global chief executive steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
The global chief executive of abrdn will step down at the end of June after four years in the top job. Stephen Bird and the board of abrdn "have together agreed that it is the right time for Stephen to hand over the reins to the team" effective June ...