ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year and how much licensees can expect to pay. According to its annual Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS), ASIC said ...

Rob Coombe, GDG chairman, said: “I am delighted to welcome Peter to GDG’s board and look forward to his wealth of experience and expertise complementing the company’s strategic objectives.” Last year, ...

In this week’s episode of Relative Return Insider, Professor Robert Brooks of Monash Business School joins the show to unpack the economic and market implications of rising tensions between Israel and ...

The development of semi-liquid private equity funds is providing a way for wealth managers to get easy access to the asset class, according to a panel. Semi-liquid funds are those which offer a ...

With just 10 days left of the financial year, adviser numbers have taken a notable hit with further losses expected as 30 June approaches. In what is shaping up to be a month of four consecutive ...

Equity Trustees has paid three infringement notices issued by ASIC in which the corporate regulator alleged it made misleading statements about investments in a sustainable bond fund. The firm paid ...

Wealth managers who lack expertise in alternatives could find themselves at risk of losing clients, according to iCapital, with a shift towards evergreen funds at play in asset allocation. The firm’s ...

While advice fees are on the rise, Adviser Ratings said clients have indicated they are only willing to pay $911 on average to receive advice. When it comes to why they seek advice and what they value ...

International advice group Findex has a newly created senior role to spearhead its M&A and growth operations across Australia and New Zealand. The firm announced the appointment of Brent Matuschka as ...

Only three active asset managers are forecast to see positive flows in the upcoming year, according to Morningstar, with those focused on specialist fixed income or private markets in the best ...

Despite the perception that short-term market events shouldn’t affect portfolio decisions, Praemium research finds 60 per cent of advisers have made portfolio changes in response to US President ...

Investment consultancy Ascalon Capital has appointed a new partner, who joins from 20 years at Zenith Investment Partners, as well as a new chief executive. Ben Davis joins Ascalon from Zenith ...