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Praemium reports FUA increase to $64.3bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... transition occurred late in the year and increased the June outflow numbers," Wamsteker said. Wamsteker said Praemium's Scope+ saw continued growth in FUA, up 15% to $33.6 billion adding there is a strong pipeline in place for both Scope and Scope+. ...

Missing personal information can boost retirement income: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
... withdrawal strategy. "The study findings have implications for retirement advice. While individuals have access to the full scope of their personal information, they may lack the financial acumen to optimise their retirement income according to their ...

Praemium scores mandate, sees FUA rise $6bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Praemium's administration solution Scope+ has been selected by Bell Financial Group to administer more than 2200 client portfolios. The partnership will see Praemium's funds under administration (FUA) grow by $6 billion to around $68 billion ...

Prime Value expands microcap fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... added that microcap stocks provide ongoing opportunity to exploit an inefficient part of the market. "There is a lot of scope for active managers to generate alpha via smaller companies," Ivers said. "The Fund is also positioned to capitalise on market ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... companies analysed in the APAC Climate Action Progress Report that have disclosed transition plans, 92% are reporting on Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Over the last two years, the number of companies using science-based targets initiative (SBTI) has also ...

APRA plans to remove 'unnecessary obstacles' for longevity products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... reflects the fact that relevant annuities are characterised by low surrender risk to life insurers, which gives them more scope to invest in more illiquid but higher yielding assets to back these liabilities," APRA said. As currently designed, APRA said ...

Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... While the regulatory framework across private markets is generally sound, ASIC said after collating 50 responses, there is scope for some targeted uplift and for more active and ongoing monitoring and supervision in wholesale and retail private markets. ...

ASIC blasts managed funds' poor compliance plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... requirements at all. The regulator also found shortcomings of the audit process. While compliance plan audits are not within the scope of its review, ASIC said it is "concerned that none of the 23 auditors of the 50 compliance plans we reviewed issued ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... the changes based on industry feedback are: a new section on climate-related scenario analysis a new section disclosing Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions "There's some challenging parts of the framework so those sections could help small and medium ...

New SMSF trustees drive financial advice uptake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... Smith said. The latest research also found that many SMSFs are open to receiving digital advice, highlighting the "enormous scope for delivery of scalable, low-touch solutions."