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Invest Blue trials nine-day fortnight for advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
The financial advice group has adopted a nine-day fortnight pilot, giving full-time employees an extra 26 days off a year at a cost of roughly $1.9 million per annum. In a bid to foster employee wellbeing and drive productivity, the financial advice ...

APRA preserves life insurance prudential standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
APRA will maintain four life insurance prudential standards following a brief consultation period. The prudential regulator flagged it was relatively satisfied with four prudential standards - Prudential Standard LPS 100 Solvency Standard; Prudential ...

Morrison Securities stake to net Sequoia $40m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
Sequoia Financial Group is offloading 80% of Morrison Securities to a digital wealth platform for $40.5 million. The listed wealth group is divesting 80% of its equity interest in the stockbroker to New Quantum Holdings, leaving Sequoia's balance sheet ...

ETFs gaining popularity with female investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
Women now make up 42% of Betashares' investor registrar, up 37% from 2021. Sharing new data in honour of International Women's Day, Betashares said the most popular of its products held by women are the NASDAQ 100 (NDQ), the Global Sustainability Leaders ...

Advice tech firm officially launches local operations

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
Digital advice platform intelliflo has officially set up shop in Australia, following the successful trial of its Aussie adapted 'intelliflo office' advice software last year. At the time of the trial, intelliflo hired Stuart Alsop as its head of sales ...

In need of repair: Gender stereotypes and advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
If a male and female customer, each experiencing the same car troubles, take their vehicles for repairs to the same mechanic, who is more likely to get ripped off? That a woman will end up paying more is a tired cliché that continues to play out in ...

Bravura $80m restructure underway

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Bravura Solutions has raised $80 million that will fund a business restructure under its newly minted chief executive. Bravura announced this morning that it raised $66 million, split between a $43 million institutional entitlement offer and $23 million ...

Finance candidates lose salary bargaining power: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
Sparked by the Great Resignation, financial services candidates seeking massive salary hikes could be a thing of the past as employers reject double-digit pay increases. Financial services employees looking for a new role are asking for a 15% above-market ...

Adviser exits spur innovation: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... planning software should be the primary source of data. Investment platforms have developed increasingly sophisticated advice tech functionality and, in some respects, compare favourably against some 'end-to-end' providers. Investment Trends' head of ...

Australian Retirement Trust reshapes executive team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
Australian Retirement Trust is overhauling its senior leadership, in a move that will see the departure of two executives and the creation of a chief of retirement position. The $240 billion fund said the overhaul is part of plans to best position itself ...