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Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... maintain the importance of a university degree and the proposals support that, she said. "The current qualification framework works really well for a number of participants. We want to ensure that the current degrees and providers continue to offer those ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the Federal Budget last night, delivering its second consecutive surplus as well as a raft of measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis. Despite many of the measures presented in the Budget having been announced prior ...

Budget 2024: Change to foreign investment rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... the transaction. This comes after the Albanese government announced plans to reform and renew the foreign investment framework earlier this month. Chalmers said the government was taking action to strengthen the regime where it needs to, streamline processes ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... invested over four years and $1.2 million each year ongoing for Treasury, ASIC and APRA to deliver the sustainable finance framework, including issuing green bonds, improving data and engaging in the development of international regulatory regimes related ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... not changed since 2002 and have not kept up with the times. Last August, Treasury conducted a review of the regulatory framework for managed investment schemes (MIS). This included reviewing thresholds for the high-net-worths and product-value classification ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... that technology is really powering the transformation at scale in the US wealth advice industry. While the regulatory framework differs here in the US - margin compression and the need for advisers to efficiently serve more clients with quality advice ...

Rest adds to C-suite with new appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... Rest's employee-centred culture over the past three years and was instrumental in creating Rest's values and behaviours framework, a key enabler of our strategic plan. "I'm honoured and excited to be appointed chief people officer at Rest," Murrell said. ...

Frontier grows consulting, governance teams

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
Frontier Advisors has announced four new appointments, hiring from Aviva, Zenith, Cooper Investments and Motley Fool. Firstly, Daniel Manser will join Frontier's client consulting team, working with investors across all client segments. Manser joins ...

Platinum's FUM dips below $14bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... also involves reviewing existing product offerings and distribution channels, the investment platform, and remuneration framework. The second or "Growth Phase" involves implementing recommendations to further enhance its investment platform; building ...

FSC launches digital advice group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... to deliver financial advice digitally is confronted by common challenges posed by a costly and burdensome regulatory framework." The robo-advice group builds on the FSC's expansion into the advice sector by adding six licensees to its network of ...