Prime Value appoints distribution director from Investors Mutual

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Boutique Australian-owned fund manager, Prime Value Asset Management, has appointed a new director of distribution.

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100 days on from the final QAR response

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What has happened in the financial advice space over the 100 days since Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, announced the government’s final response to the Quality of Advice Review?

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The downsides of innovative retirement product development: Deloitte

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The development of a broad array of innovative products should not be first priority for the industry when it comes to retirement and could drive up the cost of financial advice, according to Deloitte.

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Independent sustainable verification needed amid greenwashing crackdown

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Over three-quarters of consumers say they would be more likely to invest in products that were verified by an independent source as being responsible, with greenwashing fears on the rise.

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MFS appoints CIO amid CEO transition

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MFS Investment Management has appointed Alison O’Neill as its next chief investment officer.

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Winners and losers: Morningstar identifies 10 managers seeing largest redemptions

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Traditional active asset managers will have to “perform and adapt, or lose”, according to Morningstar, naming 10 firms that have seen the largest inflows and outflows in the past year.

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How many licensees successfully filed their first IDR report?

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ASIC has issued its first update since the completion of the internal dispute resolution reporting, sharing the percentage of first-time reports that were submitted on time.

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The difficulty of monitoring crypto assets

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ASIC now has a 1:1 ratio when it comes to court success in the enforcement of crypto activities and more action is expected as Treasury seeks to introduce a regulatory framework.

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Three-quarters of advisers expected to use managed accounts

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Up to three-quarters of financial advisers could be using managed accounts in the coming years, according to the latest Investment Trends/SPDR research.

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Iress continues transformation with UK mortgages disposal

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Following the sale of its platform business to Praemium earlier this year, Iress has made a second disposal as it moves to streamline operations.

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