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Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... they can create an open-ended structure with liquidity to meet the needs of private wealth management," he said. Financial advice firm Mackay Private has a 20% allocation to private markets - in the form of private debt, private equity, and some venture ...

OnePath cops $5m fine over fees for no service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... members, even though they did not receive such services. OnePath told members that they were obligated to pay a fee for advice from a plan adviser, even after the member had been transferred to a division of Integra Super where they were not eligible ...

Mercer fined $12m over advice failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
Mercer Financial Advice will pay $12 million after the Federal Court found it failed to meet some disclosure obligations and charged almost $5 million in fees to clients when it was not entitled to do so. Mercer admitted that, between July 2016 and ...

Colonial First State enhances FirstChoice with Elemnta

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... high-quality data." CFS and Elemnta first started working together in September, around the same time that Elemnta rebranded from Advice Revolution. "We are excited to partner with CFS to introduce a solution that not only enhances support for advisers ...

Treasury unveils advice reforms draft legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
... of the member," the Explanatory Memorandum read. The objective is to provide trustees with certainty about paying advice fees agreed between a member and their financial adviser from a member's account and ensure that such fees are not paid in breach ...

Vanguard Super institutes advice fee function, tweaks options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
Vanguard Super has rolled out a new function that allows members to pay for advice fees via their SaveSmart account - the super fund's lifecycle MySuper investment option. As of next month, Vanguard Super members can opt to have advice fees deducted ...

High-performing firms reveal strategies behind success

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
The success behind high-performing financial advice firms is largely driven by their ability to operate strategically with discipline and help advisers focus on servicing clients' needs, a new analysis shows. A study by Macquarie Business Banking and ...

ASIC loses case against Diversa

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... response, ASIC said it is carefully reviewing the outcome. "ASIC pursued this case as part of our focus on trustee oversight of advice, which, if not done properly, can enable inappropriate behaviour by service providers and others," ASIC deputy chair ...

New advice firm hits Melbourne

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
Launching in late October, Source Wealth will provide flexible, goals-based advice backed by technology. Source Wealth founder Michael Sauer brings nearly a decade of experience in financial services to the firm, having served at Tribeca Financial ...

Betashares carves slice of superannuation pie

CHLOE WALKER, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
... business is the latest step in Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's exit from the wealth industry, having sold its financial advice business to Bridges Financial Services in 2019.