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Wealth managers bracing for compensation claims

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... client risk suitability. The behavioural finance experts found that 77% expect regulatory change will result in the need to better understand risk tolerance and suitability. Oxford Risk said it believes many wealth managers and financial advisers need ...

Lazard Asset Management creates family office division

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... Lazard's expertise, infrastructure and resources will strengthen our platform and enable a holistic approach, allowing us to better serve our clients."

ClearView offloads managed investments unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... ClearView managing director Simon Swanson said. The firm sold its advice unit in 2021. Swanson said this "resulted in a better home for former staff and financial advisers, and a simpler ClearView while enabling us to continue participating in the growing ...

Allianz Retire+ launches new retirement income solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... guaranteed rate of income while clients are still in the accumulation phase, pre-retirement, or retirement income phase, to better plan retirement strategies with certainty. "Innovation in retirement products has consistently been deprioritised and surpassed ...

From strength to strength: GQG Partners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... 2022, believing the supply and demand imbalance in the sector will continue to be of benefit. Moreover, there's been better capital discipline by the majors, many of which continue to prioritise dividend payouts and stock buy backs over capex. The ...

Millions of retirees will benefit from QAR

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... It will also improve access to retirement specific advice and member engagement through reforms that enable trustees to better guide and engage members through tools and guidance deterred by the current regulatory framework, it said. FSC chief executive ...

The great wealth transfer at risk: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... younger Australians, Roussos said. "With billions on the line, it is also a clear opportunity for financial advisers to better partner with Baby Boomer clients to not only set up the transfer of family wealth but also to work closely with them to empower ...

HNWs shunning professional advice: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... wealth adviser (of which 14,000 are current private wealth clients). The report states that key areas that HNWs would like better or more advice are in relation to inheritance and estate planning; strategies to reduce tax obligations, retirement planning ...

Remediation bills revealed amid call for levy freeze extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... twice in the past five years because the model isn't working as intended. "It is important that any year-on-year increases better reflect the capacity of the financial planning profession." The FPA has also recommended the creation and application of ...

MLC Asset Management grows managed accounts offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... scenarios approach. This focuses on the distribution of capital market returns, rather than point estimates, making them better positioned to deal with future markets uncertainties." The investment manager said it has over $170 billion in assets under ...