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Lift in financial services jobs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The broader job market is showing signs of recovery, particularly in the financial services industry, which recorded a 21% rise in hiring activity in the September quarter. Overall, the job market rose by 15% mostly driven by the demand for casual employment ...

Fastest-growing AFSLs in the country

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
New research from Rainmaker Information shows which licensees added the most advisers in the 12 months to September end. And which AFSLs have the biggest market share. Overall, there were 19,357 advisers attached to an AFSL at September end, down 2597 ...

Institutional mandates spring back to life

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... Pinnacle Investment Management raked in $1.7 billion of net inflows from institutional clients in the three months to September - nearly 80% of its total haul from the segment in all of FY20. Macoun said the firm saw inflows resume in May and June, returning ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
AMP has confirmed Ares Management has made an offer to takeover 100% of AMP shares. AMP announced to the ASX that it has received an indicative, non-binding, conditional proposal from US-based Ares Management. The offer is to acquire 100% of the shares ...

Evans and Partners looks to delist LITs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
Evans and Partners is seeking the nod from shareholders to convert its LITs to open-ended funds and to switch to Perpetual as responsible entity. The largest of these is the $279 million Evans & Partners Global Disruption Fund (EGD), followed by the ...

IOOF appoints executive, continues growth push

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
IOOF has announced the creation of a new executive role as it reports funds under management, advice and administration grew by $529 million in Q1 2021. IOOF chief executive Renato Mota has announced the appointment of a chief transformation officer ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester brought to light discrepancies in Daniel Crennan's resignation statement in front of a senate hearing, clarifying the dates that he found out about the issues that led to his resignation. Former deputy chair Crennan said ...

Jarden continues Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
Kiwi investment bank Jarden is continuing to grow its Australian team, with a new appointment from Goldman Sachs. Catherine McCormack will join Jarden Australia as managing director and head of natural resources and utilities. She was previously managing ...

Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The Australian recession is over! This was what Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle implicitly told a Senate Estimates virtual hearing when he said :"At the moment it looks like the September quarter for the country probably recorded ...