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Adviser numbers plateau

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... AMP Financial Planning continue to hold the lion's share. Rainmaker's analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows that the population dipped 2% from 15,881 this time last year. The numbers appear to waver around this figure as in ...

ATO targets crypto investors, sharing economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... mismatches with the tax return data that you report," he said. Similarly, property investors claiming deductions are never far from the ATO's watchful eye as a recent review found 90% of tax returns were full of errors. This year, Chapman said investors ...

Janus Henderson tailors fund to NZ investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... philosophy is that diversification works well in up markets but can be unreliable in down markets. You only have to look back as far as March 2020 when investor panic caused risk assets to fall in a synchronised manner. This fund addresses those types ...

Life insurers struggle with code compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... what appears to be under-reporting by others. We found that some insurers were reporting breaches and complaints in numbers far below what would be expected," McClelland said. "Rather than indicating perfect compliance, it suggests deficiencies in processes ...

HUB24 growth officer jumps to AZ NGA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... through the growth and prosperity of high-quality wealth firms," Stafford said. "I'm inspired by what has been achieved so far and the opportunity ahead of us to continue to shape the Australian wealth industry."

Financial Conduct Authority cracks down on finfluencers, firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... for their content" and are "directly compensated by the social media platform for the views they acquire." The FCA sees that far too many consumers have high levels of trust in finfluencers, but their advice can sometimes be misleading. Unauthorised ...

Platinum bleeds $1.4bn in outflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
Platinum Investment Management flags it will lose at least $1.4 billion as a partial redemption from institutional clients over the next month, translating to an $18 million hit to revenue. One large client told the fund manager that it intends to rebalance ...

Australia's wealthiest women not getting the advice they need

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... and CoreData research found Australian woman are more highly educated, entrepreneurial and participating in the workforce in far greater numbers, including in higher-paid, male-dominated industries. "Women are accumulating their own assets and investments ...

Luxury fashion house sued over Birkin bag sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... tying arrangement. The Birkin handbag was introduced in 1984 and pricing typically starts at US$10,400. Some Birkins sell for far more, including one bag that retailed for US$2 million in 2012; even pre-owned Birkins can sell for tens of thousands of ...

Economists react to latest RBA rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... productivity outcomes in Australia," he said. Nominal unit labour costs lifted by 6.6% year over year in Q4 2023, which is "far too high" to be consistent with the RBA's 2-3% inflation target, he added. The RBA hasn't ruled anything in or out ...
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