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Pride Advice acquires two Adelaide-based firms

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
Pride Advice has acquired two firms, flagging there is more "room for growth to come." The acquisitions of Adelaide-based Flexible Lifestyle Solutions and Serious Money have expanded Pride Advice's team from four to 11 advisers and to 30 supporting ...

'Alarming' figure in retirement research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
Only a third (32%) of Australians believe they would be able to save for their retirement without compulsory superannuation, according to a new survey from AustralianSuper. A third of Millennials (33%) and Gen X'ers (32%), as well as nearly one-in-five ...

ISG ordered to wind up managed investment schemes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
The Queensland Supreme Court has ordered the ISG Private Access Fund and the ISG Real Estate Equity Fund be wound up. This comes after ISG and its sole director, Benjamin Godfrey, had applied to appoint receivers to the schemes. ASIC intervened in the ...

Under the hood of a top global fundie

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
Investment management firm GQG Partners has achieved extraordinary success across its core strategies - global equity, international equity, emerging markets equity, and US equity. All these strategies belong to an exclusive club of long-only active ...

Moneysoft acquired by MUFG Pension & Market Services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
MUFG Pension & Market Services has acquired 100% of financial software Moneysoft, with plans to integrate the technology into its retirement product portfolio. Moneysoft has become part of the Retirement Solutions business at MUFG Pension & Market Services ...

Trust in advisers reaches new high: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
Trust in financial advisers is at an all-time high, according to a new survey from the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), which found their value-add has been particularly critical in the cost-of-living crisis. The Value of Advice Index ...

Fund manager splashes $240m on AZ NGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
A global investment manager has injected $240 million in AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) and will become its largest shareholder. Oaktree Capital Management will help AZ NGA further expand its reach as its growth and succession partner, taking ...

ETFs preferred vehicles for Aussie, US advisers: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
The low-cost features of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to attract the glut of financial advisers both here and overseas as only a minority now shun the investment vehicles, new surveys find. The portion of advisers canvassed in VanEck's ...

Limiting negative gearing could add $2bn in annual revenue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
Making changes to negative gearing could be worth at least $2 billion a year in revenue, while reducing the capital gains tax discount could be worth around $5 billion a year, according to new research from the Grattan Institute. This comes as Treasurer ...

eToro acquires Spaceship, sets sights on super sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The global trading and investment platform is tapping into the superannuation sector with the acquisition of Spaceship, in a deal worth as much as $80 million. eToro has agreed to acquire Spaceship, expanding its local business and suite of offerings. ...