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Greater independence for TPB

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) will have a new level of independence, after the government acted to implement the recommendations of the TPB review. "In accordance with recommendation 3.2 of the review of the Tax Practitioners Board, the Morrison ...

AMP completes GEFI sale to Macquarie

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
AMP has completed the sale of its global equities and fixed income business to Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). The transaction sees $47 billion worth of assets under management transferred from AMP Capital to MAM, subject to approvals. Following the ...

Midwinter scores AIA mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
Midwinter's financial advice software has been chosen to underpin AIA's recently established advice business. The Sydney-based financial advice software company will support all aspects of AIA's Financial Wellbeing business, enabling efficient advice ...

GIC bolsters Australian real estate JV

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC expanded its partnership with a local real estate fund manager by injecting its joint venture with an additional $2.4 billion. NorthWest Australia's healthcare real estate joint venture with GIC has reached ...

Half of retail investors will go the distance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
Only half of retail amateur investors would stay the course if the market experienced a 20% correction or more, a new survey shows. Out of 3700 traders canvassed in Superhero's latest survey, 53% said they would stick with their investments during market ...

TAA calls for prudent pace for reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
The Quality of Advice Review should take precedence over other proposed regulatory changes as financial advisers should not be encumbered by two sets of major reforms in a short period of time. This is according to The Advisers Association, which is ...

Direct indexing: The next evolution?

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
By nature, humans love to customise things. From personalised recommendations on Netflix and Stan, to suggested playlists on Spotify or iTunes, everyone craves to have things that serve them by knowing them. An interaction with a device, person, or ...

Super funds drop Russian assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
Australian superannuation funds are dropping Russian assets in response to its invasion of Ukraine amid escalating global sanctions against Russia. Yesterday Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Senator Jane Hume released a joint statement requesting that ...

FPA pushes for advice law simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
Heavy-handed regulations puts financial advisers at significant risk of breaching the law, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia, which is urging the government to strip out layers of complexity in the latest round of reforms. ...

Magellan loses more investors, FUM slumps

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
Investors continue to abandon Magellan Financial Group as funds under management currently dip below $80 billion. Some $18.3 billion disappeared from the ASX-listed fund manager between December 2021 and February 23, as total FUM now sits at $77.2 billion. ...