ASIC has banned a former AFSL director after he failed to adequately address fees-for-no-service conduct by one of his firm’s representatives. Brendan Rodwell was a director at Crown Wealth Group, but ...

Passive ETFs are seeing stronger flows than their active counterparts despite the proliferation of active launches this year, according to Morningstar. In its Australian Asset Manager report for Q3 ...

Former CEO of Global X, Evan Metcalf, has taken up a new position at a specialist ETF provider. Metcalf worked at Global X ETFs Australia for a decade and was appointed as its CEO in September 2022 ...

Russell Investments has partnered with financial advice firm Invest Blue to launch the Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio, to expand private market access for Australian advised investors.

The experience of public markets can be viewed as a cautionary tale for private markets that growth may be strong currently, but the future could be less profitable and more operationally challenging, ...

The iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond (AUD Hedged) ETF (AGGG) will invest in investment-grade global bonds, including government, securitised, and investment-grade corporate bonds across multiple ...

While M&A has ramped up nationwide, three advice heads have explored Western Australia’s emergence as a region of interest among medium-sized firms vying for growth opportunities in an increasingly ...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Money Management Portfolio Construction Guide, where we explore and demystify five essential asset classes for financial advisers. In this edition, we take a deep ...

As the number of Australian family offices increases, KPMG’s latest report found that local C-suite salaries in these firms tend to fall below their international counterparts. A “family office” is ...

AMP and HUB24 have shared the areas where they are seeking future adviser growth, with HUB24 targeting adding more than 2,000 advisers to the platform. Speaking at the Citi Investment Conference 2025 ...

As interest in managed accounts continues to grow, ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland reasserted the regulator’s intentions to conduct surveillance on advisers and licensees using managed accounts to ...

Blackwattle Investment Partners has hired a trio from First Sentier Investors to run its first Equity Income Fund. Rudi Minbatiwala, Jason Moodie, and Marlon Chan have worked together for the past 17 ...