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BUSSQ abandons appeal, concedes to licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
BUSSQ has pulled the plug on its Federal Court appeal for a judicial review of APRA's additional licence conditions, caving to the regulator's edict. At the same time, APRA has tweaked the conditions it slapped on BUSSQ last August, which force ...

HNW clients demand more non-custody assets: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
More high-net-worth (HNW) clients are investing in non-custody assets as 75% of financial advisers report a growing demand in unique opportunities such private equity and other alternatives, a new survey from Praemium finds. Such assets comprise an ...

NZ council seeks investment manager partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... to NZ$50 million. Napier City Council, located on the eastern coast of the North Island, put forth a registration of interest (ROI) for fund managers who have demonstrable "experience and track record as an organisation in delivering services of a similar ...

Super doesn't have to be 'boring', but innovation is key

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Leaders at Aware Super, NGS Super, Rest and AMP have all pointed to slow moving systems as standing in the way of innovation while speaking at the AM Tech Day conference in Sydney. AMP group executive, platforms Edwina Maloney said traditional thinking ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... accordance with applicable laws, acting in clients' best interests and not advising where there is a conflict of interest or duty," Burgess said. "In addition, all advice and recommendations must consider the broad effects arising from the advice ...

US equities face volatility as growth risks mount: Morgan Stanley

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... equities face a volatile path ahead as policy uncertainty, fiscal constraints, immigration enforcement, the lagged impact of interest rate hikes, and strong dollar combine to pressure earnings forecasts, according to Morgan Stanley. The investment bank ...

Managed accounts sector grows to $233bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... falling globally, plus signs of growth appeared in the largest economies. Strong equity performance was a feature, with interest in private equity heightening as the impact of lower inflation began to feed into fixed income markets," Huang said. The ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... (45%) know what assets their superannuation is invested in compared to 60% of men. Women, however, are taking stronger interest in investing. The 2023 ASX Investor Study showed more women are investing outside of their primary residence and superannuation ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
The prudential regulator is calling for the consideration of perceived conflicts of interest and reputational risks when appointing directors, and while it's easy to think of cases where this would be appropriate, Gilbert + Tobin partner Luke Barrett ...

Tokenisation can save US$135m in back-office costs: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... study from Calastone found. The survey of 26 asset managers from Asia, the UK, US and Europe expressed their growing interest in tokenisation in a bid to cut costs in the Decoding the Economics of Tokenisation paper. Adopting digital ledger technology ...