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Adviser PI premiums up 40%: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
The cost of professional indemnity insurance increased at least 40% for financial advisers since 2015, a new report from APRA shows. Reviewing claims trends and affordability of public liability and professional indemnity insurance in Australia, the ...

Class action commenced against IG Markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
Piper Alderman and Omni Bridgeway have filed their class action against IG Markets, representing investors that lost hundreds of millions trading contracts for difference (CFDs). In October 2022, the two firms said they were planning an action against ...

Industry fund market share soars: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... retirement. KPMG national sector leader - asset and wealth management Linda Elkins said: "A continuing, and intensifying trend is the direct competition between funds to attract and retain members - the introduction of 'stapling' members to funds under ...

Digitisation, personalisation key for advice firms: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
In an exclusive interview with Financial Standard, BlackRock US wealth advisory group director Jim Renitsky said digitisation and personalisation at scale have become key differentiation points for adviser businesses. Reflecting on trends seen in the ...

Uptick in adviser numbers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
The financial advice industry bucked the trend for the first time in more than three years, adding 626 advisers during the March 2023 quarter. A new report by Rainmaker Information shows that the advice profession gained several advisers in the non-aligned ...

RBA verdict on knife edge: Economists split

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... potential move in June or July. "We suspect that policy conditions are tight enough to push the economy into a period of sub trend growth rather than outright recession. In our view, monetary easing is unlikely this year with the window for easing opening ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... weren't achieving their milestones or that the risk appetite of their backers simply disappeared," he said. Another evident trend is the high cost of salaries, with young tech companies hiring expert software developers and engineers to build the ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... to $101 trillion in the six years to 2021. In the current challenging market environment, IFM said it expects this growth trend to continue for reasons such as the resilience of infrastructure to macro swings, and pension funds and other institutional ...

Investors flock to term deposits over equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... billion - a 22% increase. Irrespective of the relative investment returns across Australian equities and term deposits, this trend underscores a growing preference among investors towards more secure and stable investment options amid market uncertainty. ...

March inflation drops to 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has reported a decrease in inflation, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) falling to 7% in the March quarter. ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt attributed the decrease in inflation to a fall in ...