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Bullock keeps cash rate at 4.10%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has left the cash rate at 4.10% for the month of October. Announcing the latest monetary policy decision whilst taking the helm for the first time, Bullock left the door open for potential ...

AZ NGA acquires stake in $1bn advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
AZ NGA will acquire an undisclosed stake in a Western Australian practice that has $1 billion in funds under advice. The Wealth Designers (TWD) is the latest addition to AZ NGA's stable, joining member firms McKinley Plowman, Wealthwise, and On-Track ...

Super funds offer merger update

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
While yet to reach a final agreement with Australian Retirement Trust (ART), Commonwealth Bank Group Super has told members they will transfer to the industry fund next month. In February, CBA Group Super announced it was exploring a merger with ART ...

ANZ hit with $15m penalty for misleading customers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
ANZ Bank has been ordered to pay $15 million by the Federal Court for misleading customers over the funds available to them in select credit card accounts. The Court found that ANZ breached both the ASIC and the National Consumer Credit Protection Act ...

Apostle names global distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
Apostle Funds Management has hired Martin Currie's co-head of global distribution to the newly created role as it pushes further into Asia and Middle East. The fund manager will soon welcome Kimon Kouryialas as director, head of global distribution. ...

NextGen Financial Group forced into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
After ignoring an Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determination, which was then escalated to the Federal Court, NextGen Financial Group is now in the process of winding up. WJ & V Drakoulis Super, the trustees of the SMSF that sued ...

Trading platform pays $830k over suspicious trades

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
Interactive Brokers is paying a fine of more than $830,000 after it failed to identify suspicious trades conducted by a client. Between March and November 2021, certain Closing Single Price Auction (CSPA) orders in Orthocell (OCC) were allowed by Interactive ...

Financial planning veteran launches ideas exchange

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
TownsendCobain Private Wealth partner Tim Townsend has launched a forum-based initiative, WealthLeaders eXchange, targeting financial advisers involved in the investment decision-making process and with client assets of at least $200 million. "What ...

Adviser exam records 73% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
The latest sitting of the financial adviser exam returned a 73% pass rate. The August sitting saw 205 candidates attempt the exam. Of these, 150 passed. About 72% of the candidates were sitting the exam for the first time, ASIC said. The 150 candidates ...

Perpetual shutters innovation fund, Pendal funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
Despite returning over 40% last financial year, Perpetual is terminating a six-year-old global equities fund. It will also shutter several Pendal funds in November. The Perpetual Global Innovation Share Fund was launched in June 2017 and invested in ...