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Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... effective and professional advice, Macdonald said, and urgently implement the recommendations from Michelle Levy's Quality of Advice Review (QAR) in line with their original intent. Importantly, he said, Mulino must urgently address the issues with ...

Fortitude Investment Partners acquires majority stake in SMSF audit firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... enhancing our market share both organically and through acquisition," McGrath said. "We have strong conviction in the quality of our work, and believe the more SMSFs we audit, the more assurance we can provide to trustees and the SMSF industry itself ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... Overall, Centurion said the outlook for financial advice practice and client book valuations is positive, noting that the Quality of Advice Review and Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms should make running a business much more efficient. As ...

Northern Trust lands another mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... building a highly successful partnership." Generation Life chief executive Felipe Araujo said he was impressed by the quality of Northern Trust's services, which he said exceeded expectations. "This is an important partnership for Generation Life. Northern ...

Platinum staffers join Merlon Capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... positions. Carlisle said: "The advisory board structure will support our engagement agenda, challenge us, lift the quality of our research, improve our corporate access, and drive better decision-making. It positions Merlon as leaders in active ownership ...

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... budgets of bigger players. Though as super funds move further into the advice space following the government's post- Quality of Advice Review reforms, they may take the reins on large-scale public marketing campaigns promoting the need for financial ...

New starter at GCQ Funds

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... to beef up its sales team. Speaking of the new starter, Higgins acknowledged Burroughs' professionalism and the quality of relationships he has fostered over the last two decades. "It is great to welcome Nathan to GCQ as we have a shared ethos around ...

Almost half of HESTA members retire involuntarily

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... HESTA said it strongly supports improved access to advice through the implementation of Tranche 2 of the government's Quality of Advice reforms. Blakey said the expansion of intra-fund advice to include Transition to Retirement, Retirement Income Stream ...

AMP launching 'market first' digital advice solution for super members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... build. We want to give our members greater control and financial confidence in retirement, and help them unlock a better quality of life," Howes said. AMP's latest solution follows a joint call from APRA and ASIC in June last year for superannuation ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... However, professional services firm GHD came out against a ban, saying it would discourage investment and water down the quality of audits. Such local modifications are still being hammered out with stakeholders, courtesy of the Australian Auditing and ...