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Focus to acquire stake in MEDIQ

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... said: "We believe that MEDIQ is uniquely positioned in the Australian wealth management market and will benefit from our scale and resources to grow their business." In February last year, Focus announced it was partnering with Escala Partners to expand ...

Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... Franklin Templeton president and chief executive Jenny Johnson said. The transaction sees Franklin Templeton add significant scale, while also addressing strategic gaps and positioning us for accelerated growth in the future, she added. "We have incredible ...

Partnership sees improved advice services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... health check. "The partnership with Link Advice gives LGIAsuper access to a pool of qualified advisers and enables us to scale up our advice service as demand increases," Farrar said. Farrar said members could also access advice outside of Brisbane's ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... advisers to be able to attend and sit that exam, let alone pass it. This is monumental incompetence, incompetence on an Olympic scale," Jones said. "So, yes, we will support the legislation. But in doing so, we have to point out incompetence and mistake ...

New board member at EQT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... Private eight years ago after 11 years as a financial adviser at NAB Private Wealth. Robson's other board appointments include SCALE Investors, which invests seed capital in gender diverse start-ups, and she is chair of portfolio company TalkiPlay. She ...

Separate advice and product: AIOFP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... revenue with a funding cap established. And for the product scheme, each provider pays a lump sum upfront on a sliding FUA scale and a percentage of their gross revenue with a funding cap established. "If this is done the losses associated with actual ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... fires in the areas affected is very large, pointing to the significant disruptions to regular activity as well as the large-scale destruction caused. "In assessing the impact of this on the Australian economy as a whole we have taken into account that ...

Future Fund chief to lead IFM Investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... organisation, and to be leaders in responsible investment. "The industry super funds movement has now clearly reached a scale where we can attract the very best corporate leaders in the world." Future Fund chair Peter Costello said Neal had done a "terrific ...

Industry split over super fee hike

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... balance; a rank that doesn't change with the added fee. That said; analysis of super funds' operating expenses shows scale doesn't always necessarily equal efficiency. APRA fund-level data shows AustralianSuper's operating expense ratio ...

Board departure at Sargon subsidiary

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
In another board departure, Sargon subsidiary Tidswell has bid farewell to a board director who chaired the investment committee. Stephen Miller flagged his intention to resign from the trustee board and his committee roles with Sargon in December 2019 ...