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Insignia's managed account FUM swells

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Insignia Financial's managed accounts solutions have grown by about 42% in the past 12 months. The group said there's now more than $6 billion in funds under management across its range of managed account solutions. About 55% of this is held in managed ...

ASIC updates breach reporting rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
ASIC is making changes to its reportable situations regime, which includes extending the reporting deadline for some breaches. Licensees will now have 90 days to submit a reportable situation instead of 30 days in situations that have "underlying circumstances ...

AAT overturns ASIC ban on investment guru

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... possessed both a credit licence and an AFSL. While she speaks points appear on the screen which read "lawyer, ASIC Credit Licensee, AFS Licensee, Migration Agent's Licence, Real Estate Agent's licence." Following ASIC's investigation, Grubisa ...

Renato Mota to leave Insignia Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
After two decades with the business, Insignia Financial chief executive Renato Mota will exit in February 2024. In an ASX announcement, Insignia said the decision was a mutual agreement between the business and Mota. It has already commenced the search ...

Vista acquires second practice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
Vista Financial Group has made its second acquisition this year as it eyes strengthening its presence in Melbourne. Founded in 2015 by Jason Chew, Orange Wealth, which largely services Millennials out of South Yarra, joins Beaumaris-based Vista. The ...

Licensees shun remediation obligations: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... that could lead to poor consumer outcomes. Many are narrowing the remediation review period, which should begin when the licensee reasonably suspects the misconduct or failure first occurred and caused loss to a consumer. Licensees did not always consider ...

NextGen Financial Group forced into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
After ignoring an Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determination, which was then escalated to the Federal Court, NextGen Financial Group is now in the process of winding up. WJ & V Drakoulis Super, the trustees of the SMSF that sued ...

ASIC cracks down on CFDs, OTC derivatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
ASIC continues to crack down on providers of contracts for difference (CFD), options and other high-risk products that flout their target market determinations (TMD), and design and distribution obligations (DDO). The newly published Report 770 Design ...

Willis Towers Watson buys funds from advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... known as the WTW Diversified Growth Fund and WTW Preservation Fund. The decision to offload the funds is part of the licensee's broader strategy, which is to focus on its core offering of financial advice. "We intend to manage the funds in the same way ...

Managed accounts FUM hits $162bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... financial goals. IMAP recently unveiled its 2023 Managed Account Awards winners. Perpetual Private took out the award for Licensee Managed Account, while Alvia Asset Partners took home the inaugural award for Boutique Licensee which "highlights the smaller ...