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SMSFs thrive amid ATO compliance complications

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
The average adviser today is managing more clients than a year ago, resulting in a ratio of around 20 self-managed super fund (SMSF) clients per SMSF specialists, Investment Trends head of research Irene Guiamatsia told the SMSF Association Technical ...

JANA wins investment consulting mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
JANA Investment Advisers has been awarded a mandate to provide investment consulting services for separately managed accounts (SMA) aggregator Wealthtrac. The mandate, effective from August 15, will initially cover 10 of Wealthtrac's existing SMAs ...

Hostplus nabs top JANA executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
The $110 billion industry fund that looks after hospitality workers has snared a senior property executive from JANA Investment Advisers. Chris Cawson jumped to Hostplus two weeks after the asset consultant lost its infrastructure head to the industry ...

Super account advice fees a sticking point for advice bill: Senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
The government committee tracking the implementation of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms emphasised in its final report it wants "greater legal clarity" to how advice fees are deducted from superannuation fund accounts. The Senate ...

Advisers shoulder massive wealth transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
Financial advisers shoulder much of the responsibility in helping facilitate the massive intergenerational wealth transfer that has blown out to nearly $5 trillion, according to new estimates, as recipients are largely financial illiterate and ill-prepared ...

Value versus growth: Market expectations in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
In 2022, concerns about rising interest rates and the Russia-Ukraine war brought fundamentals back into focus, creating numerous opportunities for value investing to generate alpha. Then transitioning to the first half of 2023, that period saw significant ...

Poor gender diversity not a 'women's problem': Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Gender diversity issues are no longer a "women's problem but a business problem", according to wealth managers, who urge the industry to seize the opportunities to make meaningful changes. In a fireside chat discussing women and wealth at the Stockbrokers ...

Price dislocations pave way for active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
The current market is ripe for active equity fund management skills to shine given the price dislocations, and most notably in regions outside of the US, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Every time the spread widens out between the most expensive ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Generative AI, a rapidly advancing form of deep learning that mimics human output, also raises concerns about the verifiability of its results, UTS industry professor - emerging technology Nicholas Davis says. Appearing at the Stockbroker and Investment ...

Australia requires swifter settlement cycle: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Australia is at risk of getting left behind if it does not adopt the T+1 settlement cycle along with major global financial centres, according to operations experts who spoke at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association Conference (SIAA) ...