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Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... Business ready IV found that the roles of PDMs and BDMs, while costly in terms of salaries, can add enormous value to a practice amidst consolidation and fragmentation by promoting financial advice and helping advisers deliver advice to the market. "In ...

GBST upgrades WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... consent capture" to enhance efficiencies without compromising compliance or raising costs. "This supports compliance practice and minimises interaction oversight to improve accuracy in client communication and disclosure consent," GBST said. GBST head ...

Rest awards impact mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Rest is $150 million closer to reaching its impact investment target after allocating to a listed equity fund. Rest has invested in an international listed equities strategy run by Ninety-One, which "aims to achieve long-term total returns by investing ...

Financial services 300x more likely to get hacked: Expert

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... think of their client's data akin to a precious diamond. "If you could imagine the lifetime value of a client in your practice, wouldn't it be that of a precious gemstone? And if that's the case, then you can relate to the fact that you might lose that ...

Advisers should have an AI plan: Netwealth

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
When it comes to incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and big data into an financial advice practice, it's imperative to have a plan in place, according to Netwealth head of marketing Andrew Braun. Addressing the crowd at the SMSF Association ...

Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... Self-managed super funds are an integral part of that choice," he said. "Self-managed super was a key component of the original practice legislated in 1993, and it will remain critical under a future coalition government and to support choice individual ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
An extensive review of processes across superannuation trustees, financial advisers and advice licensees has found very little evidence that consumers are aware of how poorly Choice products they're in are performing, and that such underperformance ...

ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
ASIC is putting the pressure on financial advisers to provide appropriate SMSF advice using "professional judgment", as the regulator flags serious instances of misconduct it wants to curb. At the annual SMSF Association National Conference, ASIC senior ...

Janus Henderson makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... worked as a relationship manager. His prior experience includes working at BT Financial Group as a key account manager and practice specialist for accountants. Cassidy also worked at AMP in managerial roles for more than six years. MacDonald and Cassidy ...

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... March 28 to file its defence. The first case management hearing is scheduled for May 10. According to Shine Lawyers' practice leader Hadi Boustani, up to 500,000 Rest members may be affected. "This was money down the drain for fund members who paid ...