A “large dependency” on research houses, poor performance indicators, and a failure to close underperforming options are among platform trustee problems flagged by APRA....

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...

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...

Platform HUB24 has launched a client reporting solution to improve adviser reporting across custody and non-custody assets....

Almost a third of financial advisers are spending up to a year evaluating smart beta ETF strategies before they add them to portfolios, according to VanEck. ...

Private wealth firm Escala Partners is seeking to become a leading player in the Australian advice landscape, helped by backing from US player Focus Financial. ...

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 ...

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...

The corporate regulator enacted a 50 per cent increase in the number of investigations and a 20 per cent increase in civil enforcement proceedings....

Index provider MSCI has unveiled global classification standards, making it easier to research private asset funds, describing how it will offer “order, comparability and...

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...

ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....

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...

GQG Partners’ year-to-date flows are 80 per cent lower than the same period a year ago as underperformance prompts three consecutive months of outflows....

Fidelity International has appointed Thomas Taw to the newly created role of head of ETF distribution for APAC, joining from a decade at BlackRock....

Up to 20 per cent of wealth and asset managers globally are set to be acquired in the next five years, according to Morgan Stanley, with focus expected to move to ‘inter-...

The use of offshore service providers could be exposing clients to potential risks around confidentiality, operational disruption, or effective supervision, ASIC has warn...

In this episode of Relative Return Insider, host Keith Ford and AMP chief economist Shane Oliver take a look at the unfolding impacts and potential economic ramifications...

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 ...

Ausbil is to expand its active ETF range with two ASX-listed launches, one focusing on global small caps and one on listed infrastructure....