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Spark adopts two fintechs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... aligned solutions and avoid greenwashing among ETFs, managed funds, and shares. Meanwhile, Voyant offers holistic financial advice and wealth management software. It partnered with Practifi last year and is used by global firms such as Lloyds Bank and ...

Life Sherpa rolls out investment solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... enables them to continue to build wealth towards their future goals," Scully said. He added that changes to the financial advice landscape in recent years have largely focused on the quality of advice, and not on how to increase the number of Australians ...

CALI launches scholarship to boost female risk advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... ReCALIbrate program will provide $2000 in grants to support the attendance of five female risk advisers at the Financial Advice Association Australia. To continue fostering the engagement of women in the industry, CALI further explained that each recipient ...

Financial advice firms profits jumps: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
New data suggests that 38% of financial advisers are reporting higher practice profitability. According to Investment Trends' 2023 Adviser Business Model Report, the number of advisers has decreased, but on average those who are left, are servicing ...

Lumiant chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... executive Blake Wood and co-founder Chris Dadej are now co-chief executives as Burridge vacates the top job. The financial advice and client engagement platform launched three years ago and has recently brought in backers from the US. Invest Blue and ...

Willis Towers Watson buys funds from advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... acquired two managed investment schemes from Profile Financial Services, as the latter looks to focus its efforts on financial advice. The two multi-asset, multi-manager unitised schemes have been operated by Profile since their inception in April 2011 ...

Hostplus finalises merger with Maritime Super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... retirement goals with Hostplus. We've upheld a strong focus on service to members and access to comprehensive financial advice which will carry forward with Hostplus," Robinson said. "For over 50 years, Maritime Super has supported workers and employers ...

Sequoia liquidates Libertas Financial Planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... Sequoia acquired Libertas in 2019, which at the time had 68 authorised representatives, in a bid to scale its financial advice offering. This was in exchange for 1.5 million fully paid ordinary shares at 22 cents each worth $330,000. In 2020, it issued ...

Midwinter partners for paraplanning solution

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... paraplanning licence, which allows for paraplanners to access specified client records through the Midwinter financial advice software. Midwinter head of advice Stacey Cowan said the financial advice software company is "thrilled to be partnering with ...

Citi terminates staff super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... need for greater scale is paramount." Heidelberg also provided employee members with $2000 each to put towards financial advice following the fund's closure.