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Licensees slash compliance spending: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... the next 18 months. This is thanks to a "tsunami of regulatory reforms wash over corporate Australia" such as Delivering Better Financial Outcomes 2 (DBFO), AML/CTF, Privacy and Digital Assets, he said. Under the re-elected Albanese government, industry ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... in power they deal with. The election left several reforms hanging, such as the scams protection framework, Delivering Better Financial Outcomes 2 (DBFO) and unfair trading prohibition. The election also upended the highly anticipated public inquiry ...

Warren Buffett to retire, recommends successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... gradually." "The decision to keep every share is an economic decision because I think the prospects of Berkshire will be better under Greg's management than mine," he said. Berkshire Hathaway has 11 directors, two of which are Buffett's children, Howard ...

ASIC streamlines AFSL applications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... additional documentation and the ability to select financial products and services at a more granular level so that ASIC can better understand the financial services that applicants intend to provide," the regulator said. ASIC said it will update the ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... to move swiftly on the passage of payday super legislation within the first 100 days of Parliament, and the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms. SMC said it would also push for the parliament to lift the Low-Income Super Tax Offset to ...

Finchley & Kent adopts Padua Solutions tech suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... efficiency and assisting with practice growth. "This partnership signifies an exciting step forward in supporting advisers to better manage their businesses and deliver exceptional client outcomes," Padua chief executive Matthew Esler said. "Finchley ...

Cbus chief investment officer resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... retirement outcomes, is unquestionable. He has lived and breathed Cbus for over 12 years and members are undoubtably much better off because of it." Gavin has been deputy chief investment officer since February, having replaced Alexandra Campbell. He ...

Local challenger enters Australia's ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... retail investors and advisers," he said. "We believe that being locally owned and fully locally managed means we're better able to tailor our products and services to Australian advisers."

Future Group confirms more mergers ahead, undertakes review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... serves as trustee of both the Smart Future and Zurich offerings and, following a review, decided Zurich members would be better off if transferred into a larger fund. In making the decision, Equity Trustees considered "investment performance, cost efficiencies ...

Selfwealth shareholders resoundingly greenlight takeover proposal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... Selfwealth's board unanimously recommended that shareholders back the offer. Selfwealth chair Christine Christian explained no better proposal had emerged, nor was one likely to emerge. Christian said the board considered the offer to be "highly attractive ...