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J.P. Morgan dominates custody market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
J.P. Morgan has remained the largest custodian in Australia since 2016, when it bumped off NAB Asset Servicing, closing in on nearly $1 trillion of assets. The Australian Custodial Services Association's (ACSA) biannual statistics revealed J.P. ...

Connectus empowers advisers with Excelerate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
International wealth management firm Connectus Wealth Advisers is set to roll out a new program aimed at increasing adviser efficiency, driving scale and enhancing the client experience and outcomes. Connectus, which is owned by NASDAQ-listed Focus ...

T. Rowe Price names president, operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... appointed a new president and chief operating officer, promoting an investments veteran and head of finance respectively. Rob Sharps, the new president who will continue to serve as head of investments and group chief investment officer, has been with ...

Industry fund awards $60m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
A boutique founded by former the small caps team at UBS Asset Management has won a $60 million mandate from a $5.4 billion industry fund. TWUSUPER has selected Eiger Capital for the equities allocation. "This mandate furthers TWUSUPER's plan to ...

Wage subsidy to rescue advice industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
With just 65 new names appearing on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register in 2020, the rapid decline in adviser numbers has industry experts calling for a wage subsidy to incentivise advice practices to take hire graduates. In its pre-Budget submission ...

Industry funds pool $61bn of assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
Two industry superannuation funds will pool their assets to create a $61 billion trust, in a move that is set to be a better alternative to a merger. Touted as an industry first, Maritime Super and Hostplus today announced an asset-pooling partnership ...

Perpetual bolsters distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... national accounts for Australia, she previously held roles with HRL Morrison, Pendal Group and Investors Mutual. Meanwhile, Rob Kenyon will become head of intermediary and business management for the Americas. Kenyon will be based in New York. "Strengthening ...

ASIC imposes licence conditions on Poynter Hargraves

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
ASIC has hit AFSL Poynter Hargraves Financial Consultants with additional licence conditions, requiring it to remove its sole responsible manager. "This follows a targeted surveillance by ASIC that found Poynter Hargraves had poor risk controls around ...

Wilsons starts Canberra office

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... excited to bring our private wealth advisory services to the people of the ACT and with our investment banking capability led by Rob Snow we look forward to adding value to the corporate clients of the region," Wilsons chief executive Brad Gale said. ...

Iron Man launches VC funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Actor Robert Downey Jr has launched two venture capital funds that invest in technological solutions that tackle environmental challenges. FootPrint Coalition Ventures comprises two funds - an early-stage Series A and late-stage Series B - led by Downey ...