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Perpetual Wealth Management adds five senior advisers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... families, business owners, professionals and community organisations across a range of areas including strategic and investment advice, trustee services, accounting, business advisory, and philanthropic solutions. "Michael, Antony, Sandra, Laura, and ...

Federal Court hammers defunct advice firm with $11m penalty

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
Defunct advice firm Equiti Financial Services, since renamed DOD Bookkeeping, which has been placed into liquidation, has been slammed with an $11.03 million penalty for providing "cookie cutter" advice and breaching conflicted remuneration laws. Equiti ...

JANA wins Aboriginal Investment NT mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... delivers long-term, sustainable outcomes for communities across the Northern Territory," she said. JANA's assets under advice across Australia and New Zealand comes to more than $1.5 trillion.

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... $350,000. Judge Jackman at the time said Block Earner acted honestly and not carelessly in offering the product sought legal advice beforehand. This is despite a ruling in February of the same year stating that Earner was operating as a managed investment ...

Advisers seek investment philosophy, performance in managed accounts provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... advisers have chosen their managed accounts provider, new research from Zenith Investment Partners show. The Unlocking Advice Efficiencies in 2025 report found that half the participants cite investment philosophy as a drawcard while the same number ...

Equity Story to buy advisory firm Baker Young

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
Stock market trading advice group Equity Story will acquire Adelaide-based advisory firm Baker Young for $4.2 million in cash, as it looks to expand its wealth management footprint. The transaction is expected to be earnings-accretive and "meaningfully ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... election on May 3, independent member for Wentworth Allegra Spender criticised the government for its lack of action on urgent advice reforms. Speaking at the Financial Advice Association Australia's (FAAA) federal election financial services summit ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... indexation on the threshold. This includes the independent member for Wentworth Allegra Spender who attended the Financial Advice Association of Australia's Federal Election Summit today, labelling the tax on unrealised gains a "very bad policy". ...

Shield Master Fund terminated, new receivers for Keystone Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... representatives from Interprac Financial Planning, MWL Financial Services, Financial Services Group Australia, and Next Generation Advice having recommended investment in the Shield Master Fund. About $100 million of investor money has allegedly disappeared. ...

Centrepoint Alliance to acquire Brighter Super's advice book

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
Centrepoint Alliance has entered into an agreement to acquire the comprehensive advice book from ESI Financial Services, a wholly owned entity of Brighter Super. The transaction will see up to 400 clients, generating $1 million in annual revenue, transition ...
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