Chris Dastoor is an editor for Professional Planner, with a focus on a wide range of topics within the financial planning industry. His work has also appeared in Investment And Technology, covering issues such as industry trends, regulatory changes, and the impact of technology on financial planning practices.
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With speculation mounting over the future of Statements of Advice, the fundamental focus won’t shift – advisers must prioritise clear advice strategies.
Matters of less serious misconduct may still require a hearing in front of the Financial Services and Credit Panel, according to ASIC.
Asia is going through its own sustainability journey, and it's different from the transition pathways in Europe and North America.
By: Chris Dastoor
Asset managers are spending vast sums of money to develop artificial intelligence systems to help them make better investment decisions. At a Top1000funds event in Singapore, Bridgewater co-CIO Greg Jensen discussed applying AI in financial markets as well as Bridgewater’s artificial intelligence efforts.
By: Chris Dastoor
What was once too intense to be utilised by computing processes, reinforcement learning has become a viable tool for asset owners. John Hull, Maple Financial chair in derivatives and risk management at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium this now outperforms simpler modelling approaches.
By: Chris Dastoor
Just hours before the US Federal Reserve cut interest rate, Bridgewater portfolio strategist Alex Smith cautioned the Top1000Funds Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Stanford University that any specific rate call doesn’t really matter. Instead, he illustrated a bigger picture view for the road ahead and what this means to investors.
Profile Financial Services CEO Lena Ridley will step away from the company at the end of next month, ending a nearly seven-year tenure that was marked by sweeping changes in the industry due to the Hayne royal commission, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the divestment of its product arm.
The proportion of new AFSL applications approved by ASIC has dropped over the past year, a report from the regulator shows. The findings come as it ramps up preparation for its new licensee registration portal it will launch early next year.
By: Chris Dastoor
A reference to American-style voluntary retirement plans by Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has drawn a swift rebuke from defenders of compulsory super, but the Shadow Treasurer insists he is still a supporter of compulsory super, albeit for purposes other than just retirement savings.
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has seen a reduction in its backlog of complaints, closing more than it received in FY24. Among the resolved cases included one related to Dixon Advisory that ruled in favour of the maligned conflicted advice business where the claimant wasn’t worse off.
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