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AIOFP, FAAA encouraged by first meeting with Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
Following their inaugural meeting with new financial services minister Daniel Mulino, the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) and Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) feel enthused about the impact he will have ...

Super moves: Cbus, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... Before her three years at ART, Fang served in the same role at QSuper for five years. She previously worked at Singapore-based Lion Global Investors where she researched and marketed Asia equities to institutional clients and consultants and MarathonAsset ...

DII drives life insurance disputes: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Disability income insurance (DII) continues to be a bugbear for the life insurance industry and is the most highly disputed product among advised, non-advised and group insurance customers, APRA statistics show. In 2024, total DII disputes reached 1987 ...

Which fund managers are making the most from investor fees?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... unlisted managed funds. His view is backed by Vanguard data, which shows index-tracking ETFs on the ASX continue to attract the lion's share of investor inflows over the six months to 30 June 2024, despite a wave of new active ETF and managed fund listings ...

APRA levy to cost $243m in FY26

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... friendly societies are apportioned $19.5 million, the new discussion paper released by Treasury yesterday shows. ADIs have the lion's share at $110.8 million. APRA's focus on the super sector continue to be asset valuation and liquidity risk management. ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... $7.45 billion (€4.5bn) is invested in coal companies with plans to expand, with Glencore and its subsidiaries taking the lion's share. The research also shows that looming regulatory guidelines aimed at curbing greenwashing fall short. From May, investment ...

ASIC freezes assets Shield, First Guardian marketer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... operated several cafes called Tickled Pink in Victoria and one in Bali. He was also the director of now-defunct entities of Lion & Horn, Nohap, and Indigo Group. An SMH investigation alleges that Alshakshir earned $35 million over 18 months by providing ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Apex Group is on track to achieve 20% annual organic sales growth over the next two years and plans to triple its headcount to 1000. After acquiring Iress' superannuation platform late last year, Apex's big opportunity is in member administration ...

Acenda names inaugural chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... at MLC Life Insurance, Dunn is also the chair of Telstra Group, Redkite and CMiMerryck, and is a non-executive director of Lion. Previously, he was the chair of the Investment and Financial Services Association (now the Financial Services Council), the ...

FSCP deregisters adviser for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
A financial adviser who provided "incompetent" SMSF advice has been barred from practising in the industry for two years by the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP). Glenn Paul Meilak helped clients set up SMSFs in a way that was "systemic" and ...
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