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CountPlus takes stake in WSC Group

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
CountPlus has acquired a 32.75% interest in financial advice practice WSC Group. WSC Group will be authorised by Count Financial as part of the transaction, adding an additional three authorised representatives to the CountPlus-owned licensee. WSC Group ...

That's a wrap for the BT Wrap

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
BT's 25-year-old Wrap has seen its last June 30, with its user interface no longer available and all clients moved across to Panorama. BT head of distribution Christopher Mather joined the financial services giant 20 years ago and has worked on the ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
A new co-investment scheme, backed by family offices and institutional investors, will be made available to first responders and frontline workers, helping them secure a property close to their workplace. Launched today, the Home Owners' Partnering ...

Top super funds for ESG revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
New analysis by Rainmaker Information has identified 32 superannuation funds as leaders on ESG principles and strong investment performance. These 32 funds have received Rainmaker's inaugural ESG Leader Rating. In all, Rainmaker Information has ...

ASIC takes Mercer Financial Advice to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
Mercer Financial Advice is being sued by ASIC over fee for no service conduct that continued after the Royal Commission and impacted members of both a corporate and government super fund. The regulator alleges that between July 2016 and June 2019 Mercer ...

AMP completes Resolution Life divestment

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
AMP has completed the divestment of its remaining equity interest (19.3%) in Resolution Life Australasia to Resolution Life Group. The initial sale agreement, announced on 3 November 2021, was subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions precedent ...

Citi names new head of equity capital markets

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
Citi has named Rob Jahrling as its head of equity capital markets for Australia and New Zealand. Since 2021 Jahrling has been co-head of equity capital markets and led a number of strategic equity raisings for clients including, Air New Zealand, Sandfire ...

Australia home to high proportion of women billionaires

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
Australia has ranked third in the world for the highest proportion of female billionaires, according to Forbes' 36th annual billionaire list. The top spot was jointly held by Barbados and Portugal with one billionaire each (in both cases, a female). ...

50% of advisers now offering ESG advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
Almost half of all financial advisers are now providing ESG investment advice, according to a new report. This is a key finding of new research from Australian Ethical and Investment Trends and shows a significant increase from 2016 when just one in ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
ASIC is warning super trustees to ensure they communicate upcoming performance test outcomes correctly to members, saying some of the funds that failed the test last year also failed to adequately inform members. The regulator has reviewed the performance ...