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AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... World Health Organisation has declared the pandemic over, AFCA said it received in excess of 17,000 complaints between 12 March 2020 and 6 May 2023 in relation to COVID-19. Of the complaints received, by product line, 1427 or 8% were related to superannuation. ...

Class action commenced against IG Markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... objectives and financial situations, while also inadequately disclosing the risks of CFDs until ASIC introduced new guidelines in March 2021. The claim further alleges that the company marketed and facilitated the trading of complex CFDs to inexperienced ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... "If the government proceeds with the taxation of unrealised gains as proposed in their consultation paper released in late March, given many small business premises and farms are owned by SMSFs, this new tax could drive up their costs substantially at ...

Mercer scoops up third BT business unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... Eagleton said. BT's parent company Westpac announced the acquisition in line with releasing the group's half year to March 2023 results. The successor funds transfer of BT Superannuation and takeover of Advance Asset Management, which finalised ...

Betashares launches new global shares ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... investment portfolio. In 2019, just 4% did. Total industry assets under management sat at a record $142.6 billion as at March end, Betashares analysis shows. Meanwhile, Global X expects the local ETF industry to grow to $200 billion in the next two years ...

Private markets boost Macquarie AM results

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... Private markets buoyed Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), but the green energy sector dragged its performance in the year to March 2023. MAM saw funds under management of $870.8 billion rise 10% year on year but failed to replicate this growth across ...

Dexus buys more of Royal Adelaide Hospital

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... transaction since first completion of the acquisition of AMP Capital's domestic real estate and infrastructure equity business in March. The purchase takes Dexus' total stake in Celsus Holding, the consortium that manages and maintains the Royal Adelaide ...

More misfortune for Magellan

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... the month. In total, Magellan's FUM now sits at $42.7 billion. This time last year, it had $68.6 billion. At the end of March, Morningstar downgraded Magellan to a "very high" uncertainty rating. The further drop in FUM comes as the fund manager targets ...

ASX expands partnership program criteria

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... begun preliminary discussions on the industry testing approach, as well as potential implementation options," she said. In March, Lofthouse announced that the chief information officer role has been revamped. The current group executive of technology ...

Uptick in adviser numbers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... The financial advice industry bucked the trend for the first time in more than three years, adding 626 advisers during the March 2023 quarter. A new report by Rainmaker Information shows that the advice profession gained several advisers in the non-aligned ...