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Insignia Financial finds buyer for Millennium3

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
WT Financial Group (WTL) will acquire Millennium3 Financial Services (M3) from Insignia Financial for $2 million. Under the deal, M3's 140 wealth and personal risk insurance advisers, operating in more than 75 privately owned practices across the ...

ASX awards settlement, clearing mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
The ASX awarded a mandate to a global technology firm that will deliver a product-based clearing and settlement solution so it can proceed with the next phase of the CHESS replacement. The bourse has entered into an agreement with Mumbai-based TATA ...

AFCA tightens wholesale investor remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
It may be tougher for wholesale investors looking to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to help resolve a dispute as the authority tightens its rules on how it assesses their complaints. AFCA will shortly update its operational guidelines ...

ASIC strips institutional broker's AFSL

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
ASIC has suspended JB Markets' Australian financial services licence (AFSL), restricting the firm to only terminating existing client arrangements. The corporate regulator revoked JB Markets' AFSL due to non-compliance with financial requirements and ...

Australian Unity sells advice arm to Fortnum, Nestworth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
Australian Unity entered into a strategic alliance, selling its financial advice business to AZ NGA-owned advisory firm Nestworth and Fortnum Private Wealth. AZ NGA, through Nestworth, will acquire Australian Unity's employed adviser and corporate superannuation ...

Adviser levy discount amounts to $8m saving

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
Financial advisers are set to pay $400 less in the ASIC funding levy, saving the industry $8 million in total, according to new estimates from the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). Based on two legislative instruments dated November 3 ...

Vanguard Super institutes advice fee function, tweaks options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
Vanguard Super has rolled out a new function that allows members to pay for advice fees via their SaveSmart account - the super fund's lifecycle MySuper investment option. As of next month, Vanguard Super members can opt to have advice fees deducted ...

ASIC updates qualified tax relevant provider definition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
Financial advisers who are both a relevant provider and a registered tax agent now satisfy the definition of a "qualified tax relevant provider" without having to undertake specific courses, according to ASIC. The corporate regulator said it made a ...

RW Capital launches Pets Fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
The White family office has launched a $40 million capital raise for a new investment fund in the pet accommodation sector. The RW Capital Pets Fund plans to invest in a series of pet boarding facilities nationwide and will partner with Pet Resorts ...

Licensees flout breach reporting regime: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
ASIC warned it is taking tougher action on licensees as they fail to comply with the reportable situations regime two years on. Of the 16,836 reports ASIC received from financial services and credit licensees in the year to June 2023, 17% took over ...