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Crypto chosen over defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... their Bitcoin investments following the recent price rally. "High-net-worth investors and family offices are making large-scale investments of over 1000 Bitcoin and holding it in their individual wallets," Bowler said. This has led to 77% of available ...

Vanguard to launch retirement income tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
Vanguard has announced it is launching the Vanguard Retirement Income Builder tool for financial advisers. Vanguard Australia head of intermediary Rebecca Pope announced the upcoming launch of the Vanguard Retirement Income Builder at Vanguard's recent ...

Wealth group makes acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... would have each of them quality in their own right as top 100 accounting firms by size," he said. "We believe that this scale in each location makes our businesses more competitive and sustainable, and more attractive to clients as well as talent." The ...

BOQ acquires ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... the leading customer-centric alternative to the big banks. With the addition of the ME Bank business, BOQ now has material scale and a compelling growth platform to support this ambition," BOQ chair Patrick Allaway said. "The combination of our highly ...

BetaShares launches climate ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... presents opportunities to investors that provides exposures to global companies that will benefit from the megatrend. "The scale of the challenge the world faces means that innovation is called for in a range of climate- and environmentally-friendly ...

Limited advice overdue for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
There are clear opportunities to disrupt intra-fund and general advice that the industry is overlooking, shunning everyday Australians that need it most, according to superannuation experts. As the number of financial advisers continue to dwindle and ...

Connectus empowers advisers with Excelerate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... 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 Financial Partners, has ...

To merge or not to merge?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... different than what you can as a big fund," Stewart said. "I think we have a real maniacal focus on getting the benefits of scale; so that for us is getting the economies of scale. Complexity, quite frankly, is the enemy of scale."

Banks return $1.2bn for bad advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... $200 million, CBA on $168 million, AMP on $153 million, ANZ with $80 million and Macquarie with $4.2 million. NAB tips the scale again for non-compliant advice, repaying 1956 customers over $66 million. ANZ follows on $43 million, Westpac on $42 million ...

Industry funds pool $61bn of assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... active management investment philosophy, he said, adding that the partnership will provide the smaller fund the benefits of scale, liquidity and access to more investments. "It is simply changing one investment structure into another and at the end of ...