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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Financial planning

28 Jan

Advisers crucial for Retirement Income Covenant success

The Retirement Income Covenant is doomed to fail if there are a lack of advisers in the industry to convince consumers’ of its worth. ...

Financial planning

28 Jan

Are there enough advisers to fund CSLR?

The dwindling number of financial advisers indicates the Government needs to consider whether they will be able to fund the compensation scheme of last resort....

Financial planning

27 Jan

Regulatory free time offers opportunity to help needy

The slowdown in regulatory activity means financial advisers have an opportunity to help those affected by financial stress during the pandemic, according to Ignition Adv...

Funds management

25 Jan

Dramatic rise in equity flows during 2021

2021 saw $15 billion in inflows by investors, compared to just $1.9 billion seen in 2019, as investors put cash they had saved during the pandemic to work in the market....

Funds management

25 Jan

Investors shun active ETFs despite launch push

While 40% of exchange traded funds product launches were of active ETFs during 2021, investors remain wedded to passive products which account for 92% of net flows....

Financial planning

24 Jan

Push for employed paraplanners to become advisers

Over a quarter of paraplanners would be open to becoming financial advisers, creating an opportunity for them to consider the professional year as hundreds exit the indus...

Financial planning

21 Jan

The non-existent ‘nirvana’ of a total practice solution

In the move by firms to delegate away low-value tasks, technology is improving but still struggles to keep pace with all the various parts of financial advice....

Superannuation

21 Jan

SMSF returns unaffected by Dixon Advisory administration

E&P Financial Group has confirmed that the accounting of returns for self-managed super funds will be unaffected by the voluntary administration of Dixon Advisory....

Financial planning

20 Jan

Who pays for Dixon failures?

Who pays to complete the outstanding administration for self-managed super funds will be a question for clients of the failed Dixon Advisory....

Funds management

20 Jan

ASX ‘notable exception’ to increased market concentration

While most markets have seen their market concentration increase, Australia has been a “notable exception” as diversification in the ASX 200 has improved across sectors....