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Admin and compliance taking up 56% of advice practice costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
Fintech firm elemnta has released new research looking at data-related challenges impacting Australia's wealth management sector. The research highlights data fragmentation and lack of standardisation as the primary hurdles preventing scalable ...

Major themes impacting systematic investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
The extraordinary performance of mega-cap tech stocks has significantly impacted factor returns, creating both opportunities and challenges for systematic investors, according to a new study from Invesco. Invesco released its ninth annual Global Systematic ...

Capital Group names managing director for APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Marketa Dvorak has commenced as managing director, global financial institutions (GFI) in Asia Pacific at Capital Group. Based in Singapore, Dvorak was most recently the head of southeast Asia for Wellington Management for eight years and was instrumental ...

Bell Financial Group bids $51m for SelfWealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Bell Financial Group (BFG) is proposing to acquire SelfWealth for $51 million in a deal which both parties find "compelling." BFG said in offering 22 cents for each SelfWealth security, shareholders of the trading platform "will benefit through increased ...

AMP makes operations, product, strategy hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
AMP has added three leadership roles to North's client servicing, investment operations and managed portfolios capabilities. Sharyn Baker has joined as director of operations, working alongside Mike Way who was appointed earlier this year as director ...

Teaminvest partners to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
The Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) and Teaminvest Private Group (TIP) have partnered to launch the Succession Lending Fund. The fund was designed to address the growing need for succession planning within the accounting and financial planning ...

Australian ETFs reach $233bn in FUM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
The Australian ETF industry continues to see strong inflows, according to the VanEck ETF Industry Pulse October 2024, reaching a record $233 billion in funds under management. This is up 2.7% from September 2024 and up 54.5% from October 2023. Betashares ...

Small caps boutique merges with Conduit Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
Small caps investment house Spatium Capital has inked a merger agreement with Singapore's Conduit Group. Spatium Capital, based in Melbourne, is merging with Conduit Securities and Conduit Asset Management, subsidiaries of Conduit Group, as both parties ...

Evalesco and Principal Edge merge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
Evalesco Financial Services and Principal Edge Financial Services have announced a strategic merger. Evalesco chief executive Jeff Thurecht will lead the combined business as chief executive, alongside director Marshall Brentnall and general manager ...

HMC Capital makes $400m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
HMC Capital will acquire iseek, a leading Australian co-location data centre operating platform, for $400 million. HMC said the acquisition is consistent with its recently announced strategy to establish a Global Digital Infrastructure Platform (DigiCo). ...