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HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... sets us apart is how we use strategy and structures to manage this complexity." "Once you pitch yourself as an investment adviser, you have made yourself a commodity who can be easily replaced." Meanwhile, Treysta Wealth Management executive director ...

FCA mulls capital requirements for firms giving bad advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed mandating personal investment firms, commonly known as investment advisers, to pre-emptively calculate and secure sufficient capital for potential redress liabilities. The financial regulator is ...

Escala loses bid to restrain former executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... former investment advisers and partners Paul Sealey and Jonathan Vickers-Willis. The case set in motion when investment adviser William Allen tendered his resigned to take up a role at LGT Crestone. His employment contract had a non-compete period of ...

EQT buys VetPartners

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... 3000 nurses and clinical support staff serving their local communities," EQT co-head of private equity ANZ and investment adviser David Forde said. "As one of the leading global animal health investors, EQT is uniquely positioned to support VetPartners' ...

US regulator fines DWS US$25m for greenwashing, AML offences

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
DWS Investment Management's American operations will pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission US$25 million to settle charges stemming from greenwashing claims and failures to develop an anti-money laundering (AML) program for mutual funds it advised. ...

Industry high flyers join JANA board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
Australia's largest investment consultancy, JANA has added two new independent directors to the board. Margie Seale brings a wealth of board experience from the corporate and financial services sector. She currently serves as a non-executive director ...

Wall Street firms slugged $442m for recordkeeping breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... detecting those violations," the SEC said. "Wedbush Securities Inc., a dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser, was additionally charged with violating certain recordkeeping provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and with failing ...

Rest appoints WTW as asset consultant

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
The super fund has appointed Willis Towers Watson (WTW) as its asset consultant to the board and board investment committee. The appointment will commence on July 1 and follows a competitive tender process that began in October 2022. Rest said JANA ...

Super gender balance gap increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... $251,000 and $335,000. A chief executive or managing director earned $178,000 on average, while a financial investment adviser or manager made $170,000. For investments, more than 2.8 million individual investors earned franked dividends of $8509 on ...

Industry welcomes experience pathway consultation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
The federal government consulting on the experience pathway has been recognised as a much-needed development for financial advisers who wish to continue working with clients beyond 2026. The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) welcomed the ...