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Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
An inquiry into the quality of audits has fallen short of recommending the breakup of the largest four vertically integrated accounting firms in a bid to combat conflicts of interest. The Regulation of Auditing in Australia: Final Report, tabled in ...

CountPlus adds former MLC practice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
CountPlus has added new financial advice firm to the fold that was part of MLC's Godfrey Pembroke for 19 years. Ascent Private Wealth joined CountPlus as a member firm, leaving the MLC dealer group shortly after it was acquired by IOOF. Melbourne-based ...

BT reduces wholesale fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
BT has reduced the management fees of the BT Multi-manager Funds to keep up with new legislation taking effect in the New Year. Effective 1 November 2020, BT said changes to the adviser fee function in the BT Wholesale Multi-manager Funds have been ...

The hits you don't see hurt the most: Aviva

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... infrastructure more important than ever. However, investors have to grapple with the question of whether working from home is a short-term trend or the way of the future. In the report, Aviva suggests productivity is the key question. It cites a survey ...

Morningstar's conviction weakened on BlackRock fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... neutral. The fund's lead portfolio manager Charles Lanchester and team have added a total return portfolio and a long-short offering to the fund, but Morningstar analyst Ksenia Zaychuk said it should focus on just a single strategy. "Our conviction ...

Super funds bullish on hiring

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Recruitment activity in the superannuation industry has surged as many want to hire professionals skilled in the areas of data, ESG and risk, Kaizen Recruitment data reveals. Less than 5% of superannuation fund executives told the specialist recruiter ...

Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... superannuation funds could be earning more through longer-term venture capital investment than compared with today's short-term public equity markets. "Less investment into smaller, younger Australian companies will have the corollary effect of harming ...

Centuria acquires property for healthcare fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Centuria has spent $115 million on various short-stay hospitals in response to the sector's unmet demand. Centuria Healthcare purchased the $55.5 million Bloomfield Medical Centre in New South Wales, the $51.7 million Vermont South Medical Centre in ...

GSFM sizes up ETFs with Munro launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Sydney multi-boutique is dipping its toes into active ETFs, with the first being a long/short fund from Munro Global Partners. The Munro Global Growth Fund (Hedge Fund) started trading on the ASX today with the ticker MAET. The active ETF will invest ...

Crestone revenue up 12% to $120.5m

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... down from $11.5 million the previous year, which it attributed to growth and technology investments that weighed down on short-term profitability. The jump in revenue from $107.8 million to $120.5 million was driven by Crestone's total assets rising ...