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InvestSMART launches investing platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... access to professionally managed investment portfolio without the relatively high cost of obtaining personal financial advice; and our partners can concentrate on what they are good at without the time and cost of setting up their own managed investment ...

Iress share price jumps on takeover rumours

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... appointed chief in 2022, he overhauled the executive team and laid out plans for the non-performing business units. The 2023 financial reporting period saw Iress' net profit after tax (NPAT) plummet from a $52.7 million profit to a $137.5 million loss. ...

Melbourne advice firm joins Count

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
Tailored Lifetime Solutions is the latest firm to join Count's national advice community, switching from AMP Financial Planning. Tailored Lifetime Solutions, previously licenced by AMP, comprises a team of five financial advisers who have been supporting ...

Coalition appoints shadow assistant treasurer, financial services minister

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... of living crisis. Luke will bring his strong command of retail economics to this important role," Dutton said. Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood congratulated Howarth on his appointment. "This is a critically important ...

Aware Super appoints member strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... will take on a newly created role dedicated to optimising Aware Super's investment in digital technology and financial advice. As part of the shuffle, the corporate development team that is responsible for fund mergers now reports to Travis. Chief ...

More than 40% of women unprepared for retirement: CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... fund and seek advice, with the research finding 70% of women aged 25-29 would happily use their super to pay for financial advice. Of the women who do receive advice, 67% have a financial strategy in place, while just 24% of those who do not have an ...

ASIC succeeds in conflicted remuneration case

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... SMSF Club accepted more than $730,000 in conflicted remuneration from the referral agreement. The SMSF Club provided financial product advice and accounting and administrative services for SMSFs. Between August 2013 and 29 July 2013, SMSF Club was an ...

DomaCom chief executive John Elkovich steps down

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... management. Moreover, he's been on the boards of a wide range of listed and unlisted entities, including sporting bodies, financial services organisations and property industry business groups.

Count completes Diverger acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... has finalised the acquisition of Diverger as the latter officially delists from the ASX today. The group now has 590 financial advisers and funds under advice (FUA) of $29.9 billion. Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey said: "An important strategic driver ...

Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... 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 many ways these managers were perhaps the most challenged - after all ...