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Court approves $16m DASS settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... specific circumstances," court documents show. "The Court has received evidence indicating that some persons who were formerly group members have 'opted out' of the class action because they were concerned that the proposed settlement might prevent them ...

T. Rowe Price appoints local operations chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... distribution head Darren Hall said there is no deliberate plan to transfer staff. He said with its importance within the wider group and its climate and lifestyle, Australia was an attractive destination for regional business heads. Australia is the ...

Sequoia chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
The chair of Sequoia Financial Group, John Larsen, has resigned from the position and his replacement has been appointed. Larsen's last day as chair was April 18 following five years at the post. He will stay at Sequoia as a non-executive director and ...

Adviser numbers plateau

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... merger. Last year, major mergers and acquisitions included Insignia Financial selling Millennium3 to ASX-listed WT Financial Group (WTL) with a total of 75 practices transitioning. Count finalised its takeover of Diverger last month.

Commercial real estate optimism ticks up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... real estate leaders has improved to its highest level since Q2 2022, according to a survey by Knight Frank. The real estate group asked the leaders to rate several sentiments around growth, portfolio, and workplace. The survey found that the corporate ...

Praemium loses $700m due to adviser transitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
Praemium is feeling the pressure from financial advisers moving advice groups and transitioning their clients away from Powerwrap. In its March quarterly update, Praemium chief executive Anthony Wamsteker said the Powerwrap scheme experienced $53 million ...

UniSuper selects new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
After more than a decade in business, UniSuper has dropped TAL as its group insurer. The $135 billion superannuation fund has called time on its relationship with TAL, which began in November 2013. Effective June 1, MetLife will serve as group insurer ...

MLC Private Equity launches insto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... strategic nature of MLC PE Partners along with MLC Private Equity's market leading private equity capability attracted a select group of prominent global institutional investors alongside StepStone Group." "We look forward to long lasting partnerships ...

Financial advice exodus has 'bottomed out': ClearView

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
ClearView said it believes there have been signals towards the "return" of financial advice, following the government's favourable response to the Quality of Advice Review. "Recent data indicates the exodus of financial advisers has 'bottomed out'. ...

Class action building against GEMI Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... its cash management fund, the first mortgage fund, and the GEMI fund which offers the short-term loans. Investors in the group's mortgage funds started mulling a class action when GEMI put a freeze on redemptions and dividends. GEMI had been making regular ...
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