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Genium adds two staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
The boutique investment consulting and research house has made two new hires to support the continued growth of its ratings business. Simon Scott joins Genium Investment Partners as a research analyst and will help expand research ratings coverage across ...

The tax system is being weaponised to inflict abuse, ombudsman says

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Over two million Australians, mostly women, have suffered financial abuse at the hands of an intimate partner, sometimes through the weaponisation of the tax system, with impacts that can be "devastating and long-lasting" to survivors and their families ...

APRA hits ANZ with $1bn capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... causes and behavioural drivers of the persistent weaknesses. Additionally, the bank will develop a comprehensive remediation plan to address the root causes and appoint an independent reviewer to provide assurance over the execution of the remediation ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
US President Donald Trump has unleashed a barrage of tariffs on just about every country, imposing a blanket 10% tariff on all imports from all countries, plus higher reciprocal tariffs on many countries to offset what he believes are barriers to US ...

RainmakerLive rebrands to Rainmaker MarketPro

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... accounts and model portfolios investment product searches, new continuing professional development modules and access to Plan For Life research reports. Rainmaker's wider data solutions software and DMI Systems will also rebrand to Rainmaker MarketLink. ...

CSLR costs driven by poor advice: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) lead ombudsman, investments and advice Shail Singh has told financial advisers that poor practices are the main contributor to the soaring costs of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). "It's ...

Otivo launches AI-powered advice tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Otivo has launched a new AI-powered advice tool that will give Australians "licensed financial advice" named Ask Otivo. The digital advice platform said the two-way, real-time advice tool is Australia's first AI-powered platform that will provide personalised ...

Qantas Super, ART merger official

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... present chapter in the fund's history and the beginning of another - with the establishment of the Qantas Group Super Plan in ART. And although this is a bittersweet moment for the Qantas Super team, I am super confident that merging Qantas Super ...

WT Financial enters JV with Merchant Wealth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
WT Financial Group has entered a 50/50 joint venture with Merchant Wealth Partners to invest in Australian financial advice practices. The newly established entity - WTL & MWP Investco (Investco) - intends to provide strategic growth capital to high-potential ...

Jones clarifies scope of new class of adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
Minister for financial services Stephen Jones has ruled out talk that the new class of adviser could provide holistic personal retirement advice and acknowledged the need to reform the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) during a post-budget briefing ...