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Kelly+Partners to acquire firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... Kelly+Partners subsidiary acquired a 51% stake in the group which includes private wealth management, life insurance broking, finance broking and accounting and tax. Kelly+Partners Central Coast acquired the full fee base from the accounting and tax ...

AMP continues to lose ESG investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... investment team departures at AMP Capital. On November 5, Moody's dropped its ratings on AMP Group Holdings and AMP Group Finance Services from Baa2 to Baa3. The rating assigned to AMP Bank by Moody's remains unchanged at Baa2. Further, Moody's ...

abrdn outlines climate change action plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
The group has developed a strategy to halve the carbon intensity of the assets it manages by 2030 and to reach net zero in its own operations by 2040. The global asset management has adopted a strategy focused on Net Zero Directed Investing (NZDI) ...

Climate science skills needed in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... economy," FINSIA chief executive Chris Whitehead said. "This realignment relies upon the astute allocation of capital and finance. These skills need to be developed swiftly and on a large scale." Whitehead referred to a recent statement from the Council ...

Netwealth proposes merger with Praemium

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... currently a competitive and rapidly changing platform and advice landscape." Praemium has since appointed Deloitte Corporate Finance and Arnold Bloch Leibler as corporate and legal advisors.

ATO names second commissioner

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... was a tax partner at Clayton Utz for more than nine years, with a focus on the financial services industry and providing finance and investment transaction advice. Commissioner of taxation Chris Jordan said Fish is a strong and capable leader and champions ...

Sunsuper, QSuper merger legislation passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
The legislation that will see the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper through was passed this week. The Superannuation (State Public Sector) (Scheme Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed by the Queensland Parliament on October 26, enabling the merger. The bill ...

Westpac director stands down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... shareholders," Harker said. He remains chair at Future Now Capital, director at ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation and Banking and Finance Oath. Harker was previously chief executive of Morgan Stanley for nearly 20 years and also a guardian of the Future ...

AFCA appoints senior ombudsmen

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... strengthen its dispute resolution efforts, with senior ombudsmen to work closely with the lead ombudsmen across banking and finance, insurance, investments and advice, and superannuation. All seven appointments are internal promotions, AFCA noted. Anne ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... economic growth, retail spending, equipment investment, unemployment, construction work done, population growth, housing finance and dwelling commencements. Tasmania ranked first on construction, retail spending, relative unemployment and dwelling starts ...