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GigSuper goes into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... liquidation, meaning its shareholders agreed to wind up the business and cease trading. DW Advisory confirmed to Financial Standard that GigSuper had no obligations to creditors as at June 24. However, potential company creditors whose debts or claims ...

Australian Retirement Trust delivers 11.3% in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... for its High Growth option for the 2024 financial year. ART head of investment strategy Andrew Fisher told Financial Standard that equities over the last two years have been "surprisingly resilient given the inflationary environment." "We think of equities ...

FSC releases new standard on scam mitigation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
The Financial Services Council (FSC) and its superannuation funds members have adopted a new standard to protect consumers from financial harm. The FSC's Standard demonstrates its members' commitment to protecting customers from scams and fraud by setting ...

New recruits top advice industry priority: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
The industry is urgently prioritising the recruitment of new advisers as those who remain bear the brunt of paying heftier levies that aggravate the costs of running a business and puts financial advice further out of reach for Australians. The latest ...

APRA: RSE licensees show 'common areas of weakness'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
... initial observations from its targeted thematic review of the superannuation industry's preparedness for Prudential Standard CPS 190 Recovery and Exit Planning (CPS 190). For RSE licensees, CPS 190 will come into effect from 1 January 2025 and the ...

Unprecedented vulnerabilities in financial services: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
KPMG specialists say disruptive technologies, particularly generative AI, and the imperative to automate, are exposing financial services executives to unprecedented vulnerabilities. In Australia, KPMG partner Matt O'Keefe noted that heightened customer ...

ASIC alerts licensees to experienced pathway deadlines

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... experienced provider pathway have been able to rely upon the pathway as an alternative way to satisfy the qualifications standard and the professional year standard by making a written declaration. The Financial Advisers Register will not display whether ...

Bennelong takes on fledgling boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... specialist and experienced team of investment managers." Bennelong and Quay Global Real Estate Fund recently won Financial Standard 's Investment Leadership Awards for the best International Listed Property in 2024.

Nominations open for FS Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
Nominations for the 2024 Financial Standard Power50 are now open as we recognise the country's most influential advisers who continue to raise the standards for the profession and provide outstanding service to clients and the wider community. This ...

Financial advice profession 'lacks consistent protocols'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... the current state-based laws to be national, establishing a national register of Powers of Attorney and development a standard identification, reporting and escalation framework. Financial abuse affects a significant number of Australians, with the Australian ...