AMP loses over 150 advisers in a year

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Whilst micro-AFSLs’ numbers continue to grow, larger licensees including AMP and Insignia Financial are struggling to hold down their advisers.

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Morningstar wealth head to take over as ANZ MD

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Morningstar's managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Jamie Wickham, is to depart the business after 17 years and will be replaced by the firm’s wealth head.

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ASX ETF trading value drops 42% in April

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The Australian ETF industry saw trading values fall to their lowest values in over two years as April’s figure was almost half its March value.

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ESG information to continue to overwhelm advisers

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It will be impossible to find a “sweet spot” of how much information on ESG is appropriate and advisers can expect overwhelming volumes to continue to be necessary for compliance, according to a panel.

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The power dynamics prompting sudden ESG portfolio changes

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A change in power dynamics can mean the need to change an investment strategy’s ESG approach overnight, according to a panel of advisers.

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Federated Hermes appoints APAC distribution head

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Federated Hermes has appointed Jim Roland as head of distribution for Asia Pacific as the firm expands in the region.

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Relative Return: Super funds have the fear

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In this week’s episode of Relative Return, Mayflower Consulting’s CEO, Sarah Penn, chats with host James Mitchell about structural issues in the Australian superannuation sector.

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Jones forecasts QAR position by June

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Minister for financial services, Stephen Jones, has blamed the federal budget for the delays to the Quality of Advice Review but said he is expectant of a position by June.

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Expect no-let up in greenwashing action: ASIC

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ASIC is unlikely to slow its pace on greenwashing enforcement, according to deputy chair Karen Chester, or it will run the risk of making Australia a target for misconduct.

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Language reform needed for ESG to flourish

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There is a real need to remove the language of “woke capitalism” from ESG investment, according to a panel, if there is to be progress in Australia.

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