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Prosperity merges with accounting firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Prosperity Advisers Group has merged with a Brisbane-based accounting and advisory firm. Prosperity has joined forces with Brisbane-based P+Y Accountants and Business Advisors. P+Y Accountants partners Brenden Yantsch and David Pennell and a team of ...

Will HNW firms re-enter retail advice?

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Two major high-net-worth financial advice firms laud the Quality of Advice Review's promises of drastically reduced scrutiny and red tape but have stopped short of saying that they will re-enter the retail client space. JBWere Australia began exiting ...

Licensees flout breach reporting regime: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
ASIC warned it is taking tougher action on licensees as they fail to comply with the reportable situations regime two years on. Of the 16,836 reports ASIC received from financial services and credit licensees in the year to June 2023, 17% took over ...

MLC Life names operations, people chiefs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
MLC Life Insurance made two executive appointments who will each lead the operations and human resources departments. Jane Murray has been named chief operating officer after serving as chief operating and people officer for the last nine months. Murray ...

TelstraSuper launches option, retirement tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
TelstraSuper has unveiled several features for its younger and older membership that include a new option and retirement planning tool, and enhancements to its self-managed investment platform. The new High Growth option comprises 90% growth and 10% ...

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
A new class action led by victims of Melissa Caddick alleges that auditors of their self-managed superannuation funds failed their jobs to detect fraudulent activities. Twenty-four victims, together with the help of Melbourne-based law firm Mackay Chapman ...

Rival bidder seeks to acquire Diverger

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
A rival bidder is looking to displace Count's acquisition of Diverger, offering to pay nearly 24% more than what is currently on the table. COG Financial Services (COG) made a non-binding indicative proposal to acquire Diverger, lobbing $1.4083 for ...

Stockspot launches two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
Robo-adviser Stockspot has launched two investment options that aim to protect investors from soaring inflation and generate higher levels of income respectively. The Topaz Inflation portfolio invests exchange-traded funds cover a range of countries ...

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 ...

Life insurance complaints drop 24%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
The number of life insurance complaints may have declined 24% in the 2023 financial year, but policyholders continue to complain about claims-handling delays and insurers peddling misleading information. According to the Australian Financial Complaints ...