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King's birthday honours for industry executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
High-profile Australian financial services leaders have been recognised in the King's Birthday honours list, with several receiving an Order of Australia. This year, former Macquarie managing director and Financial Regulator Assessment Authority ...

Quality stocks outperform on average: Bell AM

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... half of the year inflation falls away and interest rates follow, it seems quite unrealistic." Last year, value stocks were king and quality lagged by 4.1%, however Bell said that with persistently high inflation and interest rates mean quality stocks ...

Australia-UK FTA a boon for local business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Local businesses are poised to reap from the Australia's free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom which came into effect on May 31. Some 99% of Australian products will enter the UK duty free thanks to the deal that was signed on 17 December ...

Praemium names chief technology officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
Richard Large has been appointed to the role of chief technology officer and will join Praemium's executive team immediately. He will be responsible for developing and executing the company's technology strategy and ensuring it remains at the ...

Mercer scoops up third BT business unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... sale of Advance Asset Management. Westpac's overall net profit surged 22% to $4 billion. Westpac chief executive Peter King said: "Our first half result reflects the progress we've made in becoming a simpler, stronger bank. Disciplined cost and ...

GBST acquires WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
GBST has bolstered its fintech portfolio by acquiring WealthConnect, the flagship product of the now-defunct financial software provider Creativemass, for an undisclosed amount. WealthConnect is a digital practice management, customer relationship management ...

Regal names investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... EPAM founder and chief investment officer Simon Walsh and his team will join Regal once the deal finalises, supporting Phil King in managing the ASX-listed Asian equity strategy (RG8), as well as other funds. Regal had about US$600 million in its Asian ...

Former Octaviar director sees charges dropped

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
... financial officer of Octaviar, was discharged by the judge. In 2021, MFS Group former chief executive Michael Christodoulou King was declared bankrupt after he failed to pay a penalty to ASIC of $300,000. MFS Group, later Octaviar, collapsed in 2008 ...

Mantis Funds wins new distribution mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
Mantis Funds has teamed up with UK-based Atlantic House to launch the Atlantic House Defined Returns Fund in Australia later this quarter. As a part of a deal, and in conjunction with Equity Trustees as responsible entity, Atlantic House will build ...

Advice tech firm officially launches local operations

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
Digital advice platform intelliflo has officially set up shop in Australia, following the successful trial of its Aussie adapted 'intelliflo office' advice software last year. At the time of the trial, intelliflo hired Stuart Alsop as its head of sales ...