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COG drops bid for Diverger

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
COG Financial Services (COG) has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Diverger, citing concerns that shareholders may not support its $27 million offer. Last month, COG presented its non-binding indicative offer, stating its intention to pay $1.4083 per ...

E&P settles class action for $16m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
E&P Financial Group has settled a class action relating to investment advice representatives gave for its in-house product, the Masters Residential Property Fund (URF) for $16 million. The lawsuit led by Shine Lawyers alleged that E&P's financial ...

ASIC to crack down on superannuation misconduct

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
ASIC has announced plans for strong, targeted enforcement action in the superannuation sector, focusing on member outcomes in 2024. Baring its teeth in an enforcement and regulatory update released today, the corporate regulator signalled that tackling ...

HUB24 unveils new offering for lower balance clients

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
HUB24's new Discover offering is aimed at early-stage wealth accumulators and later-stage retirees, providing cost-effective access to a streamlined selection of managed portfolios. The Discover offering, now available on HUB24 Invest, Super and Pension ...

Praemium partners for adviser insights

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
A new strategic partnership between Praemium and researcher CoreData aims to deliver research-driven product enhancements, client education initiatives, and thought leadership from the industry. Firstly, in using CoreData's research capabilities ...

Treasury unveils advice reforms draft legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
Treasury has released long-awaited draft legislation to reduce administrative burdens of financial advisers but is missing key pieces, such as the elimination of the Best Interests Duty and the overhaul of the Statement of Advice (SoA). Released today ...

A-REIT strategies outperform G-REITs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
A considerable number of Australian real estate investment trust (A-REIT) managers have been able to outperform the average total return of passive strategies over the long term, while their global counterparts have struggled. Morningstar's latest analysis ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
Australian Ethical has allocated more than $100 million to two infrastructure debt funds that provide finance to renewable energy and social infrastructure projects. Australian Ethical has backed the Infradebt Ethical Fund and the Infradebt Energy Transition ...

VBP adds to leadership team amid Elixir acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
Vital Business Partners (VBP) has established new positions within its leadership team following its acquisition of Elixir Consulting. On Wednesday, VBP revealed it would buy a 100% stake in Elixir Consulting, purchasing the company from founder and ...

AMP North incorporates DNR Capital, Morningstar managed portfolios

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
AMP North has broadened its investment menu, with the addition of seven new ESG and multi-asset actively managed portfolios from DNR Capital and Morningstar. The investment platform has added DNR Capital's Australian Equities Socially Responsible portfolio ...