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Licensee to acquire Sentry Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
An ASX-listed financial services firm will acquire Sentry Group for $7 million and add 155 authorised representatives to its books. WT Financial Group (WTL) announced today that upon completing the takeover, it will have some 275 financial advisers ...

Dexus cornerstones Australian Unity healthcare raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
Dexus is investing $180 million in an Australian Unity property trust, as it looks to tap into the latter's pipeline of healthcare property assets. The Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust holds 67 properties and is valued at $2.3 billion. Dexus ...

GQG Partners adds to team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
GQG Partners has expanded its Australian presence with three appointments, building out the team to eight. Alison Smith has joined as compliance officer from MLC where she was compliance manager - asset management. Prior to this, she was principal at ...

Global institute launches free expat advice resources

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
A global institute is opening its membership and resources for free to financial advisers who want to service Australian expatriates. The Global Financial Planning Institute (GFPI), which was established in September 2019, provides educational resources ...

Generation Life awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
Generation Life has awarded technology firm FRS a mandate to provide pricing and reporting for its investment bonds. Financial Risk Solutions (FRS) will provide an investment administration solution for its new investment-linked lifetime annuity and ...

Centuria acquires stake in Bass Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Centuria Capital Group will pay $24 million for a 50% stake in the real estate debt manager, founded five years ago by former UBS and Wingate investors. Bass Capital has about 300 high-net-worth investor clients and provides real estate secured non-bank ...

Former Aon Hewitt adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
ASIC has banned a former authorised representative of Aon Hewitt from providing financial services for four years. Andrew Hills has been banned following ASIC surveillance. He was an authorised representative of Aon Hewitt from February 2009 to December ...

Chief economist update: Fourth wave threatens Olympics, growth outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The way it's (not) going for Japan, recent upgrades to its 2021 economic growth made by the OECD and the International Monetary Fund might need to be toned down or even reversed to a downgrade at their next outing. The OECD's March 2021 "Interim ...

Cboe acquires Chi-X

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Cboe Global Markets has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Chi-X Asia Pacific, Australia's most significant competitor exchange to the ASX. The transaction is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2021, subject to regulatory ...

Computershare to buy Wells Fargo corporate trust business

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
ASX-listed Computershare will spend about $986 million to acquire the assets of Wells Fargo Corporate Trust Services, which has over 26,000 mandates. The US$750 million purchase is expected to be at least 15% management EPS accretive on a pro forma ...