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Focus to acquire stake in MEDIQ

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... in 2010. It won the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) Practice of the Year award in 2017. MEDIQ's future plans About 60% of MEDIQ's clients are based outside Victoria, where all of the team is based. Opening new offices is something ...

Value disconnect damages adviser relationships

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... markets are volatile, and guidance from a behavioral coach can save us from panic selling and abandoning long-term financial plans," Morningstar said. The report surveyed 693 individual investors and 161 advisers, who each ranked the attributes that ...

Netwealth gains $9.5bn, reveals expansion plans

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
Netwealth's funds under administration grew by $9.5 billion in the first half of 2020, as the platform reveals plans to expand its distribution team. Netwealth reported FUA of $28.5 billion, an increase of $9.5 billion and net inflows for 1H2020 of ...

Zenith enters superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... pleased to welcome the Chant West team and client capabilities into the Zenith business. "This is a logical fit for our growth plans to better serve an expanded client base with unbiased research, consultancy and online tools, especially at a time when ...

Fund managers driven to alternatives: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... the table is Advance. The 6% weight appears modest compared with peers, but this allocation is likely to grow as the group plans to expand its unlisted alternatives programme over the next 12 months." The report found that managers like CFS, Pendal and ...

Challenger boutique winds up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... up costs following FME's closure. Fidante was aiming to distribute FME to its European client base, adding it had no plans to pitch it to Australian clients unless there was specific interest down the line. The target investor base for FME was non-retail ...

Grow Super signs first admin client

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... who was previously a partner at KPMG focused on superannuation, joined in April and was tasked with implementing Grow's plans for the platform. The admin platform is to become Grow Super's primary business, putting it in competition with administration ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... travel bans and quarantines and what have you, the coronavirus scare would make individual tourists re-think their travel plans. Even before the coronavirus hit, the IMF's already forecast a slowdown in the Japanese GDP from an estimated 1.0% in ...

Board departure at Sargon subsidiary

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... Sargon in December 2019, a spokesperson for the company said. "[This is] due to a re-ordering of his personal priorities and plans to be out of the country for extended periods," the spokesperson said. "He then agreed a transition period with the chair ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... listed investment trust, as the Treasury conducts a public consultation on stamping fees for LICs and LITs. PIMCO announced plans to raise for the LIT in November last year, in what was to be a first for the company in Australia. The vehicle would invest ...