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Bennelong boutique shuts up shop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
Just two months on from shuttering its flagship fund, Touchstone Asset Management has closed its doors. As first reported by Financial Standard, the boutique wound up the Touchstone Index Unaware Fund in May. This was largely due to the low funds under ...

FSC explores if adviser licensing framework remains 'fit for purpose'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... (AFSL) in 2001, it has "fostered trust and safeguarded the interests of Australians seeking financial advice." However, in light of the industry's evolution, including the Future of Financial Advice Reforms (2012), new education standards (2017) ...

AI, corporate tax, skilled workers key to productivity: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... Australia's productivity, lays out several recommendations on how the nation can fix its productivity problem. This is in light of Australia's productivity performance having stalled in more recent years. Labour productivity growth, for example ...

FAAA fights to reignite Dixon inquiry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... Dixon Advisory was expected to lapse due to the election, the Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) is shedding light on the possibility of resuming the process. FAAA general manager of policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson said it ...

QIC to sell partial stake in US renewable energy financing platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
Canadian pension fund La Caisse will acquire a stake in the QIC-backed Renewa, a renewable energy land financing company located in the US, for US$200 million ($307m). QIC acquired 100% ownership of Renewa in 2022. Texas-based Renewa operates as a platform ...

Licensee compliance head banned over fees for no service

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
The former head of compliance at a now defunct advice licensee has been banned for three years over the way he dealt with an adviser's fees for no service misconduct. Former Crown Wealth Group director and head of compliance Andrew Moore has been banned ...

SIAA chief executive steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) chief executive Judith Fox will retire at the end of 2025 once a replacement has been appointed. SIAA chair Hamish Dee said Fox advised that she has decided to retire after six years in the role. ...

Fees for no service see former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
A former financial adviser is now banned for 10 years after she was found to have knowingly charged fees for no service. Kiriley Roper was a director, shareholder and adviser at Lighthouse Partners in Redcliffe, Queensland. ASIC alleges that between ...

APRA expects 'no cutting corners' with CPS230

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... members' experience, have them properly traced and documented and ensure that they are at the standard required." This is in light of ASIC handing down a scathing review on the state of superannuation trustees failing to monitor or report on their ...

New SMSF industry body launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
The SMSF Innovation Council has launched to provide the SMSF sector with education, advocacy and a best-practice framework to help navigate the digital assets landscape. Chaired by Kate Cooper, the initiative is focused on collaborating and sharing ...