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AFCA caps Dixon claimants at 2773

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
Total compensation for Dixon Advisory victims has reached $338.6 million as the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) caps the total number of complainants at 2773. The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) calculates that the financial ...

Magellan fund to launch as active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
Magellan's Global Fund (MGF) has converted to an open-class structure that will soon trade as an active exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX. On July 10, the New South Wales Supreme Court approved to convert the fund from a closed-class unit to ...

Australia climbs global wealth ranks

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Australia has moved up the ranks in the UBS Global Wealth Report, rising from third place to second in terms of median wealth per adult, sitting just below Luxembourg. In 2023 wealth growth across the world recovered from its 3% contraction the previous ...

Australian ETF industry blazes past $200bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
The Australian ETF industry has rocketed past $200 billion in assets under management, with a prominent fund manager forecasting it could grow to $500 billion by 2030. ETF market capitalisation jumped by 15.7% in the first half of 2024 to $205.3 billion. ...

Inflation pummels adviser pay by 20%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
Financial advisers' remuneration has failed to beat inflation for more than 20 years, going backwards by 20%, according to a recruiter. An analysis by Recruit 2 Advice found that since 2000, advisers' salaries increased 1.9% annually or 2.8% averaged ...

The investment managers winning the biggest mandates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
Some investment managers still scored large mandates despite an overall nosedive in appointments by not-for-profit super funds. Alphinity, which manages $31.39 billion of Australian-sourced funds, was awarded a $2.92 billion international equites mandate ...

Regulation, profitability top adviser worries: BT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
The heavy hand of the law and cost to run a profitable business are the two major worries of financial advisers, a new BT survey shows. Compliance burdens and constant legislative change are keeping financial advisers awake at night as 38% cited regulation ...

Advisers encouraged to embrace AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
The Investment Trends Adviser Technology Needs Report found financial advisers are showing a strong demand for better technology integration as they look to consolidate their tech stacks. Interestingly, the survey found the adoption of artificial intelligence ...

Global outfit acquires Vasco Trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
Vasco Trustees is to be bought by diversified financial services group TMF Group. Melbourne-based Vasco Trustees has been acquired by the group, which boasts more than 125 offices across 87 jurisdictions, offering employee, financial and legal administration ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
The Senate committee tasked with assessing the capabilities of ASIC says the government should recognise the regulator has "comprehensively failed to fulfil its regulatory remit", calling for a complete overhaul of its structure, powers and how it's ...