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Certe acquires Genesis Financial Partners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
Certe has acquired Genesis Financial Partners with a vision to create a large, integrated professional services firm with over 20 staff and nine advisers. Under the deal the specialist insurance advisory firm has acquired 60% of Genesis upfront and ...

Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... recent $2 billion partnership with Calvert and Goldman Sachs to reduce its carbon intensity, as previously reported by Financial Standard. At the time, Spence said: "We believe ESG factors increasingly impact investment returns and risks and contribute ...

Growth scare likely during second half of 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... exposure to sustainable assets at a steep discount. Furthermore, this type of investment is likely to offer a better financial return than buying an established renewables company." Another related approach is to look for 'hidden assets' in legacy businesses ...

Citi pilots Bitcoin custody service platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... digital asset custodians are vital to the wider adoption of future digital assets. "It is reassuring to see traditional financial institutions embracing the role of custodians within this asset class. Buy in from both traditional, institutional investors ...

Australian firms spend 3.6bn on financial crimes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
A new study has shown that Australian financial service companies are expected to spend more than $3.6 billion on financial crime compliance in 2022. Yesterday LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the first Australian edition of its true cost of compliance ...

Padua launches new adviser tool

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
Padua Solutions has launched a new robo advice generation tool for financial advisers aiming to help significantly cut down turnaround times, lower the cost of advice, and improve client engagement. Padua co-founder Matthew Esler said the tool was designed ...

Padua appoints head of technical advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... technical capabilities across its software, services, research and data divisions. With over 23 years' experience in financial advice, Haddad joins Padua from Wealth Market, where he was head of practice management and technical advice delivery. Haddad ...

Generation Life launches retirement income product

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... wealth administration platform, Composer. The solution, Generation Life LifeIncome, will be available exclusively through financial advisers and is an investment-linked lifetime annuity that pays an income for life. Amid the current cost-of-living crisis ...

Challenger details future strategy, plans JV

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... progressing its strategic partnership with Apollo, "working together on a range of opportunities to help customers achieve financial security in retirement and deliver meaningful value for their shareholders". This includes investment and life risk ...

BlackRock launches ESG model portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
BlackRock has introduced a range of ESG model portfolios covering a range of risk profiles, saying it is making sustainability more affordable. The iShares ESG Model Portfolios apply a multi-asset strategy and invest in iShares ETFs and BlackRock index ...