ASIC wants to expand proceedings against Equity Trustees to seek compensation for members following Macquarie’s agreement to pay $321 million over Shield failings. ...
Advice licensee Count’s subsidiary Accurium is to acquire a Melbourne-based accountancy and advisory firm, the third accounting acquisition in recent months....
Advice firm Apt Wealth Partners has appointed Andrew Dunbar to lead the firm in its next growth phase, while former CEO James McGregor will step up as executive chair to ...
The use of offshore service providers could be exposing clients to potential risks around confidentiality, operational disruption, or effective supervision, ASIC has warn...
With the adviser education pathway deadline less than three months away, Padua Wealth Data is predicting a “very unstable last quarter” after three months of solid net gr...
ASIC has banned the former CEO of Lighthouse Partners from providing financial services for 10 years after failing to report fees-for-no-service conduct, the second indiv...
The corporate regulator enacted a 50 per cent increase in the number of investigations and a 20 per cent increase in civil enforcement proceedings....
Wealth management platform Netwealth has reported record quarterly net flows to managed accounts and is set to launch Netwealth Private for select advice groups this quar...
Advice licensee Fiducian is in the process of acquiring around $94 million of assets via tuck-in acquisitions, having indicated it was holding $34 million in cash on its ...
Platform HUB24 has launched a client reporting solution to improve adviser reporting across custody and non-custody assets....
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has announced the launch of four low-cost ETFs in partnership with Vanguard Australia, enhancing advisers’ access to affordable, strategicall...
In the wake of a high-profile interim stop order, product downgrades and ASIC’s increasingly watchful eye, Freshwater Wealth founder Roger Perrett has suggested the shine...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...