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Retail funds drive down admin fees: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
Expensive retail superannuation funds have finally become competitive with industry funds after bringing down their administration fees, a new analysis by KPMG shows. KPMG found that admin fees for MySuper products have come down from 0.33% to 0.26% ...

Former director sentenced to seven years in prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
The former director of DanFX, an unlicensed foreign exchange trading business, has been sentenced to seven years and three months imprisonment for fraud. Daniel Farook Ali was sentenced in the Brisbane District Court after an investigation by the Australian ...

APRA hits Mercer with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has imposed additional licence conditions on Mercer Super to ensure it addresses risk management and compliance management deficiencies identified by the regulator. The risk management and compliance ...

T. Rowe Price hires to strengthen adviser relationships

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
T. Rowe Price has announced the appointment of Camilla Banasiak as relationship manager to grow its financial adviser client base in New South Wales. In the role, Banasiak will be a key member of the firm's Australian intermediary team to identify suitable ...

Insignia research, retirement income head to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
Insignia Financial has confirmed its head of research and retirement income is set to leave the business as part of an ongoing wider change. The ASX-listed wealth giant confirmed Matt Olsen will exit at the end of June. In a statement to Financial Standard ...

Family offices up active management, eye generative AI: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
Family offices are increasingly turning to active management or manager selection to diversify portfolios, according to the latest UBS Global Family Office Report. The report, which compiled insights from 320 family offices with an average net worth ...

RBA hints another rate rise could be on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has confirmed it discussed both leaving interest rates unchanged and a hike at its May meeting. The board minutes were in line with messaging from RBA governor Michele Bullock, who spoke at a press conference ...

Another corporate fund bites the dust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
The Nissan Superannuation Plan will be wound up on July 31, almost 50 years on from its creation. The Nissan Superannuation Plan was created in 1977 to house the retirement savings of the car manufacturer's employees. It's existed in its current form ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Generative AI, a rapidly advancing form of deep learning that mimics human output, also raises concerns about the verifiability of its results, UTS industry professor - emerging technology Nicholas Davis says. Appearing at the Stockbroker and Investment ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The government will provide $17.3 million over four years to ASIC and APRA to combat greenwashing and other related financial misconduct and help further develop Australia's sustainable finance market. In a bid to promote the development of sustainable ...