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AMP completes advice licensees sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
AMP has finalised its divestment of three licensees and support service business to Entireti and AZ NGA as the new owners unveil a revamped leadership team. Some 950 advisers across AMP Financial Planning, Hillross, and Charter Financial Planning now ...

Australian Retirement Trust primed for growth: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
Morningstar has heaped praise on Australian Retirement Trust (ART), saying it is home to a "high calibre investment leadership team playing to their strengths," but warned of key person risks. In its review of the $305 billion-plus super fund, Morningstar ...

Self-regulation on the cards: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
The financial advice industry has finally earned "profession" status and has the potential to self-regulate in the near future, according to Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chair David Sharpe. In six years' time, Sharp believes the advice ...

'New class of advisers' need clear-cut distinction: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Professional reputations could be harmed if the government does not distinctly delineate between its proposed new class of advisers (NCAs) and financial advisers, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) warns in anticipation of the looming ...

Brighter Super makes fee, death benefit changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Brighter Super is reducing administration fees from January 1, while also introducing a weekly account keeping fee. It's also changing the way death benefits are dealt with. Effective January, the annual percentage-based admin fee charged to Brighter ...

ART, ISPT to build $585m Sydney life sciences hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Australian Retirement Trust and Industry Super Property Trust signed a 99-year lease from the University of Sydney to build a healthcare and life sciences hub. As Australia's population ages, demand for healthcare is expected to increase significantly ...

Macquarie fined $25m over 400 fake trades

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Macquarie Bank's London Branch (MBL) $25 million (£13m) for enabling one of its employees to record over 400 fictitious trades over a 20-month period. The fictitious trades also cost MBL an estimated ...

CFS awards equity, infrastructure mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) has tapped two fund managers to oversee its Australian equities and infrastructure strategies. ClearBridge Investments is now sub-advising a listed infrastructure mandate on the FirstChoice platform. ClearBridge declined to ...

APRA maintains policy amid uncertain environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will keep its current macroprudential policy settings steady following its regular review of domestic and international economic and financial conditions and risks. APRA's macroprudential policy ...

More guidance crucial for aged care transitions: AMP

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
Older Australians are not prepared to move into aged care and most expect it to significantly diminish their wealth, as AMP calls for more support from government and financial services. New research from AMP shows most older Australians are concerned ...