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Count renews Iress contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... upgrade comes as a result of bringing forward the benefits of transformation, through stronger cost discipline and a clear focus on our core businesses. Our progress in asset sales within the Managed Portfolio is also strengthening our balance sheet. ...

ATO flags key focus areas this tax time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... work-related expenses, inflation claims for rental properties and failing to include all income when lodging will all be focus areas for the ATO come end of financial year. ATO assistant commissioner Rob Thomson said the ATO was focused on supporting ...

Janus Henderson acquires NBK Wealth, Tabula Investment Management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
Janus Henderson has acquired the wealth management arm of the National Bank of Kuwait, NBK Wealth, as well as European ETF provider, Tabula Investment Management. The US$353 billion asset manager said in its Q1 2024 results that NBK Wealth's private ...

Asset managers prioritising product quality: Northern Trust

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... said. The survey also revealed that 83% of respondents plan to change their product strategy in the next two years, with a focus on meeting diverse investor needs. Northern Trust head of global fund services for APAC Caroline Higgins said that managers ...

Count upgrades synergy benefits after Diverger acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
Count has updated the expected cost synergy benefits expected to be achieved following the acquisition of Diverger. It said annualised expected cost savings had been upgraded to approximately $4 million by FY25, which is an increase from the initial ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
A whopping 80% of the gender pay gap can be attributed to women being paid less than men within the same occupation, a new economic analysis shows. After analysing tax data, economic research organisation E61 Institute compared men and women of similar ...

Former Diverger managing director joins VBP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... executive ever since. Now, he has decided to step back from the day-to-day management, taking on the role of head of growth to focus on business development, marketing, and innovation. In doing so, he will report to newly appointed Jacobsen, who has ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... many lenses - return, risk, peers, regulatory benchmarks, and ESG. Moreover, 33% of those surveyed feel there is too much focus on the short-term - and the long-term maximum benefit may not be the sum of a series of short-term time periods. Interestingly ...

Crescent Wealth to merge into Russell Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... assured that the investment options in Salaam will continue to comply with Islamic principles and screening processes, with a focus on ethical and socially responsible investing. However, although the investments may have a comparable asset allocation ...

Succession planning troubles family offices: J.P. Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
Global family offices remain deeply concerned about how to prepare the next generation to inherit a vast fortune as almost 30% do not have a structured approach to help them, a new study from J.P. Morgan reveals. The majority (70%) of participants that ...