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abrdn terminates funds amid transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... for greater local scale to be successful in delivering the best outcomes for Australian clients." Several abrdn investment staff are transferring to SG Hiscock, as are some distribution personnel. In a statement to Financial Standard, abrdn said it was ...

Support staff key to advice firm longevity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
Financial advice firms are looking to hire more service-support staff in 2023 as many review their pay and benefits packages to remain competitive in an overheated market. At least half of the 100 advice firms canvassed by consulting firm Business Health ...

Adviser pay, incentives disparity revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... substantial impact employee costs have on a practice's ongoing viability and profitability, it is no surprise that quality staff are extremely difficult to find and even harder to keep. Practices on average employ 2.7 experienced advisers. Junior ...

Magellan profits down 67%

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... encouraged by the improving trends that are emerging. "In the last six months, we have new strategies, refined our plan around staff retention and enhanced our investment process to improve how we collaborate and generate ideas. These are key first steps ...

ASIC dodges PGPA investigation questioning

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... turned to the committee members, stating: "They know the answer." "Complaints are made about statutory appointees and ASIC staff all the time," Savundra responded. "They're dealt with by various people, they're' dealt with in a confidential ...

Australian Retirement Trust, AvSuper sign merger MoU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... thoroughly assessed by all parties, with the best interests of members being the key deciding factor. We will keep our members, staff and partners informed of the next steps, providing regular updates via webinars and newsletters just as we have so far." ...

New chief for Queensland Treasury Corp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... deliver across the Queensland Government's portfolios." For his part, Allen said he looked forward to working with the QTC staff to keep delivering solid outcomes for the state. "In Treasury, it has been great to be part of a team helping to drive ...

Fiducian expands adviser base, increases FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... dipped 9% to $7 million year on year, while statutory NPAT dropped 17% to $5.5 million. The ASX-listed firm now has 181 staff in total, with four new offices opening in South Australia and one in the Northern Territory.

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... Retirement System (MOSERS) has sold all public equities managed by BlackRock. In June 2022, the MOSERS Board of Trustees directed staff to require BlackRock to abstain from voting proxies on behalf of the plan, "due to concerns with their public statements ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... undercut independent professional advisers by pushing out cheap and shoddy advice on a mass scale, provided by unqualified staff," he said. "... It will take years for the courts to clarify new legal definitions and lots of people will lose money in ...