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Count snaps up three former MLC firms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Three former MLC firms are joining Count Financial, as its network of financial advice businesses continues to expand. It comes after four former IOOF firms joined Count on March 17. The three former MLC firms joining Count are: Sapphire Coast Financial ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... effectively address the gender pay gap? A: Easy - take the gender out of it and pay the person based on their work and their merit. If there is clear disparity within roles due to gender, then as a leader - act and make it right. Q: What is one change ...

Review of AFCA underway

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
The government has released terms of reference for the review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, asking for stakeholder feedback. The review will be conducted by Treasury, aiming to test whether AFCA is operating effectively and achieving ...

New global equities ETF to launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
An Edinburgh-based global equities manager is launching an ETF down under with third-party distributor Apostle Funds Management. The Apostle Dundas Global Equity Fund is looking for a February listing with the ticker ADEF. The strategy, which invests ...

ASIC winds up Mayfair 101 debenture issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
ASIC has succeeded in winding up the issuer of Mayfair 101's debenture products, with the Federal Court ordering M101 Nominees to wind up. The is the first outcome arising from ASIC's ongoing actions against Mayfair 101 Group and its director James ...

ASIC bans former IOOF, MLC adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
Jim Pavlidis has been banned from providing financial services for three years, after it was revealed he was not adequately trained. ASIC said that a review of the advice given by Pavlidis between 2004 and 2018 found that he failed to provide financial ...

Former Trump aide launches crypto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
The former communications director of outgoing US President Donald Trump has launched a cryptocurrency hedge fund. Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and managing partner of US$7 billion alternative investment manager SkyBridge Capital, has launched SkyBridge ...

Retiree strategies need greater attention: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... report said. Simple bucketing such as a cash bucket and a diversified investment bucket has the advantage of "significant merit in its simplicity" and effectiveness in mitigating market volatility. Complex bucketing follows the principle of dividing ...

Almost 3000 advisers gone in 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... Commission, National Australia Bank lost 245 advisers; ANZ Group lost 162 and Commonwealth Financial Planning lost 125. Merit Wealth was down 55 advisers, PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities went from 56 to just two financial advisers during the year and ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Facebook appears unfazed by antitrust lawsuits filed by 46 US states and the Federal Trade Commission seeking to force the social media giant to divest key assets, labelling the actions 'revisionist history'. The FTC and 48 Attorneys General ...