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Macquarie leans into AI for 'less volatile, more robust' equity active ETFs

It's one thing to acknowledge the immense computing power at our disposal, but it's another for leading investment teams to figure out the best ways to shape...

Is APRA's hybrid war about protecting banks, retail investors... or itself?

It's odd that of the 12 published submissions to APRA's consultation on hybrids, not one advocated getting rid of them altogether. Is the regulator trying to...

ASIC granted new powers over financial market infrastructure entities

The Bill comes after a report from the Council of Financial Regulators warned that the financial system's reliance on financial market infrastructure had...

The advice business models that are growing in 2024

It's been a tale of two models in advice, with the accountants that provide holistic advice services going one direction and those that provide SMSF advice...

Dixon's inquiry could be a reckoning for vertically integrated practices in advice

In the Dixon's inquiry vertical integration will not only be writ large, but it will have thousands of victims' names attached to it. The practice has run...

Compliance is 'hollow, empty' without the right culture: ASIC's Longo

Rather than striving to tick legal boxes, the commissioner said, compliance teams should build their work practice around the right ethical pillars to engender...

More than $8,000 per adviser: Potential Dixons CSLR bill comes into focus

It's essential that we learn from the Dixons Advisory scandal, the FAAA chief said, so we can avoid future harm. The association has asked the government to...

ASIC sounds the alarm on third-party product distribution

On the whole, product providers like fund managers have "made progress" with their adherence to target market determination rules. But ASIC warns that when...

FAAA pulls up ABS on advice occupation classification, proposes new definition

The bureau's financial advice role definition is not up to scratch, the FAAA says, and conflates the role of a financial adviser with an investment adviser. A...

'I've been busy' and other things advisers should stop saying to clients

A long-running study has revealed a raft of information about the way financial services professionals communicate with their clients, as well as four key ways...

'Play to whatever makes you stand out': Advisers discuss what makes them unique

Knowing how much personality to inject into a professional advice veneer is a skill that needs to be learnt by all advisers, but practices also have a role to...

What advisers should focus on as a new regulatory horizon dawns

Advisers need to be in lockstep with what is an ever-changing slate of priorities for the corporate regulator, and right now that means ticking a particular...

FAAA to consult with Treasury over CSLR 'unintended consequences'

While the minister has remained relatively mute on the obvious issues with the CSLR, he will at least allow the association to discuss the scheme's flaws with...

Asset managers courting advisers with free consulting services

Over half of asset managers in the US offer "business consulting resources" to the growing registered investment adviser cohort. Whether advisers actually want...