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Dealer group adopts profit-for-purpose model

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
Spark Financial Group will officially begin operating as a profit-for-purpose organisation with the launch of its Spark Legacy Program. The Melbourne-based dealer group says it will donate 100% of its profits to nominated charity partners, with an objective ...

AustralianSuper names deputy chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
AustralianSuper has bolstered its leadership team, naming a former chief executive of Frontier Advisors and IFM Investors as its new deputy chief investment officer. Damian Moloney, AustralianSuper's current head of investments (Europe), will assume ...

ASIC nudges trustees on member fund compliance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
ASIC is appealing for superannuation trustees to adhere to their legal responsibilities concerning member funds following a review of 12 trustees. A recent review by ASIC revealed that most aren't meeting their legal responsibilities for managing incoming ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
An academic has raised concerns about the impact anti-hawking laws will have on superannuation funds' ability to provide financial advice amid the federal government's proposal to open advice to other channels. Anthony Asher, an associate professor ...

TelstraSuper introduces new option, drops premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
TelstraSuper is making changes to its investment menu, while also decreasing income protection premiums for members. The $25 billion corporate fund is introducing a new option for accumulation and TTR members from next month, the Moderate investment ...

Investors trust ChatGPT for advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
An overwhelming number of investors believe ChatGPT will provide accurate financial advice, flagging they will lean on artificial intelligence as their trusted adviser in the future. According to the Investor Index study of 1100 UK investors with a ...

Centuria looks to grow WA portfolio

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
The latest purchase of a $16 million Busselton neighbourhood shopping centre reflects the group's increased focus on the golden state, according to head of retail Bruce McCully. The daily needs neighbourhood shopping centre is anchored by a Coles ...

ASIC releases May exam pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
The proportion of candidates who passed the latest Financial Advisers Exam remains relatively steady at 63%. Of the 195 candidates who sat the May exam, 122 or 63% passed. This is in line with the February exam, which had similar results of 195 candidates ...

Property market peril to continue: Quay Global Investors

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
Overvaluation of assets in property has contributed to a choppy market and as investors smell blood in the water more bad news might be on its way. Speaking with Financial Standard, Quay Global Investors principal and portfolio manager Chris Bedingfield ...

Banned adviser told to stay put

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
Having already permanently banned former Shaw and Partners senior adviser Kristofer Ridgway, ASIC has now made sure he cannot leave or attempt to leave Australia. Interim travel restraint orders were made on June 11 following the regulator's application. ...