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4D Infrastructure welcomes new investment director

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
Tim Snelgrove has been appointed investment director and will report into chief investment officer Sarah Shaw. Snelgrove will be based in Sydney and brings 14 years of experience in financial services to the role, including 12 years in globally listed ...

Count completes Affinia acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
Count has completed its acquisition of Affinia Financial Advisers, growing its adviser network substantially. Through the acquisition, Count has acquired 75 financial advice practices from TAL, adding around 100 financial advisers to its community. ...

Treasury proposes upping supervisory levies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
Treasury has proposed a 1.5% increase in the Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies for the 2023-24 financial year, including a $7.2 million budgetary boost for APRA. Treasury papers revealed the total funding required under the levies in 2023-24 ...

AFCA outlines systemic issues in wealth management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has shed light on what it considers systemic shortcomings in the superannuation, investment, and financial advice industries. The AFCA Systemic Issues Insights report identified multiple instances ...

BT names distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... overseeing a distribution team of 70 and growing BT Panorama. He also focuses on supporting advisers by way of helping provide practice development, and regulatory and technical education events. Brown succeeds Chris Mather, who spent about 15 years ...

ASIC bans former Gleneagle fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
ASIC has banned former Gleneagle fund manager, Gregory Tolpigin, from providing financial services for naked short selling. Tolpigin is also banned from controlling a financial services business or performing any function involved in carrying on a financial ...

Betashares previews NZ PIE fund offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... adviser services Vinnie Wadhera. The firm will also launch new support services for NZ financial advisers. including practice development service modules. "Betashares is proud to be making a range of innovative investment strategies available to NZ-based ...

Don't discount Vietnam: Dragon Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
Having dropped by 34% last year, the Vietnam stock market is now seeing very attractive valuations, according to investment manager Dragon Capital. Dragon Capital, which manages the largest and oldest Vietnam-focused fund, Vietnam Enterprise Investments ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
A veteran of the Australian financial services sector, Michael Harrison is being remembered as a teacher, mentor, and unrelenting advocate for risk advisers after he passed away on Sunday morning, aged 78. Harrison enjoyed a varied and colourful career. ...

Regulation, funding inhibits digital advice: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
Several key risks are inhibiting digital advice providers from operating with confidence, a new report finds, one of which is the red tape that is preventing them from moving successfully forward. AMP's Digital financial advice market scan, together ...