Boosting productivity without adding resources and cost
Advice businesses can’t rely on the government and regulatory reform to boost productivity and deliver the opportunities their people and clients deserve, according to Invest Blue’s Lexi Glover.
March 22, 2023
ASIC boasts improved member outcomes after insurance review
A review by the regulator has found some improvement to insurance outcomes inside super but is warning more work needs to be done across the industry to improve member outcomes.
March 22, 2023
DASH receives VC cash injection
DASH Technology Group has secured funding from venture capital firm CoAct during its recent capital raise.
March 22, 2023
Rest’s ESG option certified by RIAA
Rest’s ESG option has achieved certification from the RIAA’s responsible investment certification program.
March 22, 2023
‘Detraction from a great client experience’: Moving on from paper SOAs
Statements of Advice have long been a viewed as protection document for advisers and licensees rather than a guide for consumers. For practices that have adopted video SOAs the process has become streamlined and they can more confidently prove consent from the client.
March 21, 2023
Lightning and thunder: BlackRock’s tight market forecast
BlackRock is underweight in developed market equities with headwinds expected in markets due to tightening on monetary policy.
March 21, 2023
FPSB seeking candidates for board
The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) is seeking nominations for two open three-year positions on its board of directors, beginning on 1 April 2024.
March 21, 2023
Australian Retirement Trust and Alcoa Super to merge
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan (Alcoa Super).
March 21, 2023
First Sentier Investors partners with AlbaCore Capital Group
Investment manager First Sentier Investors (FSI) has entered a strategic partnership with European credit manager AlbaCore Capital Group.
March 21, 2023
Measure twice, cut once: getting regulatory reform right – this time
Hastening slowly and consulting widely (again) is how Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones aims to make sure we’re not just being set up for another review of advice regulation in a few short years’ time.
March 20, 2023
Victims could wait until 2024 if CSLR bill not passed this month
With the return of Parliament this week for a fortnight of sittings, the Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones has called for the passage of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort.
March 20, 2023
