Laura Dew

Laura Dew is editor at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK, covering asset and wealth management.

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People & Products

23 Jan

Diverger shareholders approve Count merger

Diverger shareholders have approved its merger with Count in a vote today, culminating the “dual growth strategy” pursued by the licensee....

Financial planning

23 Jan

Sydney advice firm sees ASIC’s first 2024 licence cancellation

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Sydney-based financial advice firm, its first licence cancellation of the new year. ...

Financial planning

23 Jan

IDR reporting shines spotlight on advisers’ complaint management

It may be licensees’ responsibility to report internal dispute resolution regime data to ASIC next month, but they are reminding their advisers of the importance of keepi...

Policy & Regulation

23 Jan

Governance body hits out at ‘ad hoc’ reform proposals

A leading governance body has hit out at “specialist interest groups proposing ad hoc law reform” when it comes to reforms of financial services legislation and believes ...

People & Products

23 Jan

AMP opts for TAL’s insurance as chief claims officer gets hired

AMP superannuation members will transition to TAL’s insurance offering in Q2 2024, while the insurer has appointed a new chief claims officer from Westpac....

Financial planning

23 Jan

ME Bank penalised $820k by Federal Court

ME Bank has been ordered to pay $820,000 by the Federal Court for pleading guilty to criminal charges of making false and misleading representations, and failing to provi...

Financial planning

22 Jan

Qld company penalised for false AUM representation

A Queensland company falsely representing that it managed $6.9 billion for investors and was affiliated with the Financial Services Council has been penalised for false a...

Funds management

22 Jan

Aussie investors’ home bias sees them miss out on ‘extraordinary rebound’

Australian investors missed out on an ‘extraordinary rebound’ in global equities in 2023 as a home bias meant they invested $5.3 billion in Australian equities ETFs, acco...

Superannuation

22 Jan

Is your superannuation fund among the top 10 of 2023?

SuperRatings has shared the top 10 balanced superannuation funds of the calendar year 2023, with the top two funds returning more than 13 per cent each....

Policy & Regulation

22 Jan

How could the ALRC report change financial advice?

The release of ALRC’s final report into financial services legislation has highlighted financial advice as a “significant” focus as it seeks to reduce costs and help advi...