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JPMorgan Chase acquires financial planning platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
JPMorgan Chase is set to acquire a financial planning platform focused on the needs of college students and their families. The platform, Frank, currently serves more than five million students at over 6000 institutions across the US. It caters to those ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Despite responsible investing becoming the new normal, a panel of experts have argued that short-term thinking is allowing companies to get away with actions that are out of line with action on climate change. Speaking at the Australian Institute of ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... Finally, Robertson urged the prudential regulator to acknowledge there is a place for smaller, bespoke super funds that cater to a very specific demographic. "There is an argument to say that members in smaller funds with higher engagement who are under ...

Perpetual acquires advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
Perpetual Private has acquired a boutique financial advice firm with over 1000 clients and $915 million of assets. Established in 2015, Jacaranda Financial Planning caters to the high-net-worth market with a team of nine advisers based in Sydney and ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... government made it legal for companies to switch their meetings (including AGMs) from physical locations to videoconferencing, to cater for pandemic lockdowns. The move was supported by the Australian Banking Association, and the AICD. But it was criticised ...

IOOF buys $68m retail property

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
IOOF has added a $68 million Sydney retail property to its unlisted property portfolio. Great Western Centre is located in Minchinbury in western Sydney and in close proximity to Parramatta. It is also close to Bradfield where the new Western Sydney ...

NSX partners with retail platform

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The National Stock Exchange is partnering with online retail broking platform Marketech, to give smaller companies access to capital. The partnership aims to improve liquidity for emerging Australian companies and allowing active traders to have real ...

ASIC industry levy to increase

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... licensees that provide general advice, this cohort will pay $2.971 million based on 1004 entities, while those licensees that cater to to wholesale clients will pay just $43,000 split across 1624 entities. All in all, the advice sector will pay ASIC ...

Praemium strengthens distribution efforts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... solutions, it's really ahead of the market in terms of offering a single platform solution that can efficiently and effectively cater to all clients and all advice businesses," he said. Also joining Praemium's distribution team is Shannon Victor as a ...

Carnegie launches second crypto fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... advantage of inefficiencies within the cryptocurrency, blockchain and DeFi (decentralised finance) markets. It is designed to cater to those concerned about the high risks associated with direct investment in volatile cryptocurrencies. "Having taken ...