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NZ Super awards mandate to Northern Trust

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... Super Fund since 2007, initially offering global custody and compliance monitoring services, and later adding securities lending in 2019. Northern Trust Asset Management has also been managing investments for the fund since 2014. Northern Trust Australia ...

Former licensee chief takes new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... State and led strategy for Commonwealth Financial Planning for two years. She also held senior roles at ANZ in advice and lending. "Helen is an experienced wealth management executive with a proven track record of leading large teams of people, driving ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... whom need investable projects. However, she noted that the creation of these investable projects hinges on factors like lending criteria, planning regulations, and state-based regulations, which is why housing is such a "vexed issue." To unlock housing ...

BitConnect promoter pleads guilty

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... scheme. John Bigatton promoted BitConnect, an online cryptocurrency platform that offered a financial product known as the Lending Platform on social media and seminars across the country. Bigatton faced the Sydney District Court on May 16 and admitted ...

Bell Financial Group launches Tandem Securities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... offer trading and investment solutions to their clients. Concurrently, Bell Potter Capital, a sister company, was offering lending solutions internally and planning for external offerings. More recently, a third-party clearing capability was introduced ...

AMP launches alternative debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... remit to take advantages of opportunities in Special Situations, Distressed Credit, Short-Term and Long-Term opportunistic lending. AMP said the new fund's allocation will be spearheaded by AMP's private markets team with the implementation to be supported ...

Equity Trustees scores Woodbridge mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... Australian and New Zealand banks, driven by market dynamics and regulatory changes, has created an opportunity in the lending market. We believe this trend will continue, and this new fund will present a unique chance for retail investors to engage in ...

Two Brisbane advice firms merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... their financial affairs, which is a key driver behind our growth strategy and recent decision to establish a mortgage and lending business," Cook said. "We also have great capability with self-managed super and aged care advice, and we have great advice ...

The Aussie wealthtech firms that are 'most innovative'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... GBST onboarded over 20 clients to its Equate product, which offers online tools and calculators to credit unions, banks, lending institutions, and other financial services organisations. GBST also renewed a five-year contract with an Australian Tier ...

AMP executive pay packet shrinks amid simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... of $93 million, reflecting the challenging environment that AMP is operating in, particularly around funding costs for lending, Hazelton said. "To respond to this, we took the decision to moderate the loan book growth in the near term. In the current ...