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Count completes Affinia acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... Advisers, growing its adviser network substantially. Through the acquisition, Count has acquired 75 financial advice practices from TAL, adding around 100 financial advisers to its community. Count said it now represents $16.8 billion in client funds ...

Treasury proposes upping supervisory levies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... previous year. APRA will continue to concentrate on improving member outcomes and addressing deficiencies in trustee practices. Meanwhile, the total levy funding requirement for Commonwealth agencies such as ASIC and the ACCC was completely eliminated ...

AFCA outlines systemic issues in wealth management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... accounts and trade, AFCA said. Further, the firm's inconsistent and misleading information about its policies and practices, combined with a history of regulatory non-compliance and poor cooperation with AFCA, led to the matter being referred to ...

BT names distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... well as rapid growth and change." "I look forward to continuing to work with our dedicated team and the advisers and practices who have entrusted us to be the custodians of their clients' wealth, as we invest in our award-winning BT Panorama platform," ...

ASIC bans former Gleneagle fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... didn't own or borrow the shares at the time he placed the orders to sell them. The unauthorised naked short selling practices by Tolpigin distorted the accuracy of the ASX's daily gross short sales report, ASIC said. ASIC said it views the prohibition ...

Don't discount Vietnam: Dragon Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... to promote sustainability and accountability. "VEIL actively encourages its investee companies to adopt sustainable practices through engagement and advocacy, using its influence as an investor to promote positive change," Vu said. "It also seeks potential ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... against the State Revenue Office of Victoria in relation to payroll tax being applied to the earnings of small advice practices, which ran from 2014 to June 2016. On LinkedIn, former colleagues and friends are remembering Harrison as a "valuable guiding ...

Regulation, funding inhibits digital advice: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... face-to-face advice as binary. In reality, clients are likely to move in and out of different forms of advice over time. "Practices have the same issues with cost to serve of financial advice as large institutions and superannuation funds, so supporting ...

Finfluencers bridge financial advice gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... advice, let alone education. "As the demand for advice and education increases, we believe it will be unlikely that practices will have this time or imperative to invest to build a compliant self-sustaining education or general advice service," he says. ...

Adviser numbers drop, FAAA strengthens recruitment

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... from the peak of 25,805 at the end of June 2019. Subsequently, the staggering demand for advice is not only forcing practices to turn clients away, but it has also led to challenges when it comes to recruiting the right staff. "We're very, very concerned ...