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Sequoia acquires dealer group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
Sequoia Financial Group has acquired a national dealer group, home to 68 authorised representatives. Sequoia acquired Sydney-based Libertas Financial Planning, a national licensee with 68 authorized representatives as at August 1, 60 of which are active ...

Super fund turns to food sustainability

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... about $1 billion invested in the agriculture sector. Some of the more recent investments include the sale and leaseback of land for almond production along the Murray River and the ownership of facilities to support poultry production on a rent by area ...

Advice software firm appoints sales lead

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
A member of Stanford Brown's business development team has landed a national sales role at a firm that specialises in wealth management software for advisers. WealthO2 has appointed Phil Anderson as national business development manager, in a new ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
London Stock Exchange has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Refinitiv in a US$27 billion deal. The deal would see the stock exchange buying Thomson Reuters' 45% stake in Refinitiv, a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure that ...

Private wealth firm grows footprint

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
Two former Westpac executive financial planners have joined the leadership team of a national private wealth firm, seeing it expand interstate. Marc Smith and Patrick Duke have joined Integral Private Wealth, establishing the Sydney-based firm's first ...

Australian fintech, Deliveroo partner

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
The food delivery provider has partnered with an Australian fintech appto help their riders during tax time and accrue retirement savings. Deliveroo partnered with Solo & Smart, a mobile app designed for the self-employed in Australia, offering automatic ...

QSuper names investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
QSuper will welcome its new chief investment officer in September as it farewells Brad Holzberger. Charles Woodhouse has been promoted to investments chief after serving as the QSuper's head of funds management since 2009. During that period, he ...

Super fund hires strategy lead from MLC Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
An $80 billion industry superannuation fund has hired a former MLC Life chief customer officer. Anand Thomas is joining UniSuper as chief strategy and marketing officer, in a role that will work closely with the chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan. ...

APRA forced to overhaul culture, capabilities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The prudential regulator has been criticised for its poor culture, leadership and regulation of the superannuation sector following a landmark review that will force it to overhaul its entire structure. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Reform implementation timeframe too short: AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... Bill 2019 in a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, AustralianSuper head of insurance product Richard Land said the bill's implementation deadline is too short and will leave members without enough time to make informed decisions ...