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Stockbroking faces 'perception problem'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
Experts at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association's (SIAA) 2025 conference have told the industry it needs to work to improve its public perception, particularly around the profession of stockbroking. Morgans Financial chief executive ...

Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... markets and rise of exchange-traded funds and separately managed accounts may prove efficient for the wealth management industry and its clients - but it's less positive for listed companies. This is because those investors typically are not on a company's ...

Wealth management has never looked better: Knox

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... (SIAA) conference this week, Otivo chair Ian Knox discussed the shifting nature of Australia's wealth management industry, saying he's never seen it look so good - but it could still be better. While there are some sectors that are struggling ...

Vanguard Super leads in organic growth: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... this was primarily driven by its recent merger with Spirit Super. The report also highlighted the continued expansion of industry funds in FY24, with their market share rising by 1.8% - from 38.2% to 40%. Industry fund growth came at the expense of self-managed ...

UniSuper lifts fund manager investment to $100m

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... investment in venture fund manager Uniseed by $25 million, taking its total commitment to $100 million. The $149 billion industry fund became Uniseed's exclusive institutional investment partner in March 2022, at which time it made an initial $75 million ...

AFCA looks to expand jurisdiction over receiving banks in scams

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... by Westpac PayWay. For those that still require a certificate for other uses, AFCA said it is "engaging closely with industry and have asked them to update their processes in line with this change."

Size of super impacting capital markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... need regulations to support that too," Lee said. "One thing that we haven't heard much of is the ability of us as an industry and us as a market to engage with retail investors. How do we grow the next generation of investors as much as we grow the ...

Hearts & Minds chief exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... "Richard is a globally experienced chief executive and director with over 30 years' experience in the financial services industry," the board said. "His most recent executive role was as group chief executive of Challenger Limited, as ASX-listed ...

ETF industry growth streak continues, shatters net inflow records

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
The ETF industry has stretched its growth streak to 71 months of consecutive net inflows, and amassed a record US$620.5 billion year-to-date, according to consultancy firm ETFGI. These record-breaking net inflows year-to-date steamrolled the previous ...

Zurich fined over false and misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... with customers is a 2025 enforcement priority. The priority also seeks to enhance public confidence in the insurance industry by encouraging life insurers to "uplift" their claims handling processes and ensure consumers are not misled in any way, shape ...