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Bridges can meet advice affordability gap: Mota

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
Following a massive overhaul, Insignia Financial chief executive Renato Mota is confident that one of its brands will be able to meet the growing advice affordability gap. Commenting on the recent performance of the advice business, Insignia chief executive ...

ASIC questioned over workplace culture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
ASIC has been asked if its culture is toxic following the Treasury investigation into deputy chair Karen Chester. At a hearing this morning, a letter written by Secretary Treasurer Kennedy to ASIC chair Joe Longo regarding Chester's conduct was ...

AMP profits, declares first dividend since 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
AMP is set to pay a dividend of 2.5c per share after reporting a statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) of $387 million, its first since the Royal Commission came to an end. It marks a significant turnaround for the wealth giant, having last year reported ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
There is no difference between investment returns for US state pension funds in "blue" states that might be more likely to integrate ESG investment principles and "red" states that are more likely to ban ESG investment strategies, according to Rainmaker ...

Assets under custody stagnant: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
Total assets under custody in Australia have seen marginal growth in the six months to December end, however they've barely budged since last year. The latest data from the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) showed total assets under custody ...

Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
New legislation to close the gender pay gap has been introduced, requiring employers to publish pay gap data for increased transparency. The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 requires employers with 100 or more ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
Consumer bodies have criticised the Quality of Advice Review's final report, saying the proposals create a two-tier system whereby poorer Australians will only be able to access conflicted advice. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
Crypto asset licensing and custody reforms by the government are targeting subsets outside the financial services framework. In a joint statement, treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said ...

More DASS complainants flock to AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
The number of Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services complainants continues to grow as more former clients have come forward to the financial complaints body for potential compensation. The number of complainants has grown by about 100 to 1700 as ...

Norwegian wealth fund reports -14.1% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global finished 2022 down a record $222 billion, saying it was a "very unusual year". The oil fund recorded the biggest loss in its history. Its previous largest loss was in 2008 amid the Global Financial Crisis when ...