Wilson Asset Management selects Equity Trustees for inaugural unit trust

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Wilson Asset Management, an Australian investment manager for eight leading listed investment companies (LIC), has appointment Equity Trustees to be responsible entity for its new Wilson Asset Management Leaders Fund.... Read more continue reading

LAB Group secures new debt facility to fund growth strategy

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LAB Group, a leading international RegTech and Australia’s best-connected onboarding provider, is pleased to announce its successful completion of a private investment round raising up to AU$6.5 million in growth... Read more continue reading

La Trobe Financial’s 12 Month Term Account given ‘Recommended’ rating by Lonsec

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La Trobe Financial, Australia’s leading alternative asset manager, has announced that leading independent rating agency Lonsec has affirmed its ‘Recommended’ rating of the flagship 12 Month Term Account of the... Read more continue reading

AFCA publishes 2022–23 Annual Review

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AFCA has published its 2022-23 Annual Review. In July we reported that AFCA had received 96,987 complaints from consumers and small businesses in 2022-23, which was a record and 34%... Read more continue reading

Vista Financial Group joins Count

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Leading Victorian advisory business Vista Financial Group (Vista) has joined Count’s AFSL network. Vista has provided quality financial advice to its clients in Melbourne for over 20 years, and in... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 20 October, 2023

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets fell over the last week on worries about an escalation of the war in Israel that would disrupt oil supplies and as... Read more continue reading

ANZIIF announces appointment of new Chief Executive Officer Katrina Shanks 

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Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) has officially announced Katrina Shanks as the next Chief Executive Officer of ANZIIF. Ben Bessell, ANZIIF President comments, “I am delighted... Read more continue reading

Draft super tax legislation riddled with unintended consequences

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Small business owners and farmers with their land or business premises owned by their SMSF are the big losers in the draft legislation on the Better Targeted Superannuation Concession, says... Read more continue reading

Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones answers key questions from members at a series of briefings across the country

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The FAAA has lauded the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, for engaging with 230 advisers in a series of open industry events co-hosted by seven associations... Read more continue reading

Bennelong and Leadenhall announce distribution agreement

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Bennelong Funds Management has partnered with Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP to distribute its insurance linked securities (ILS) strategies to institutional investors in Australia and New Zealand. ILS have a historically... Read more continue reading