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Madison FG, Godfrey Pembroke's PDG combine services

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
Madison Financial Group has joined forces with Godfrey Pembroke's Practice Development Group (PDG), consolidating their operational and AFSL services to create a new entity providing back-office services to their financial advice networks. Madison ...

Netwealth gears up to relaunch Core, market share expands

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
Netwealth will relaunch its Core offering in September, aiming to grow its footprint in the mass affluent and emerging affluent segments, driving new revenues and boosting net inflows. The wealth management company today reported a record funds under ...

Institutional investor pumps $750m into Qualitas fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
The commitment to the Qualitas Construction Debt Fund II will allow the investment manager to capitalise on upcoming attractive opportunities in the commercial real estate (CRE) private credit sector. The commitment of $750 million by an unnamed institutional ...

Equity Trustees to exit UK, Ireland

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
EQT Holdings, the holding company for Equity Trustees, confirmed it will exit its businesses in the UK and Ireland. Equity Trustees managing director Mick O'Brien said: "We are advanced in assessing options to determine the best exit from our investment ...

Challenger Life books record annuity sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
Challenger Life reaped the benefits of regulatory reforms in the 2023 financial year and a greying population as retail and institutional investors alike increasingly turn to retirement income products. Annuity sales stemming from the domestic retail ...

AMP North partners with Sandstone Insights

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
North has partnered with Sandstone Insights to provide advisers with access to the latest equity research and analysis through the platform. AMP said the agreement is the first of its kind in the Australian platform market and reflects North's ongoing ...

Fiducian eyes IFAs, South Australia for inflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
Fiducian is betting on the independent financial adviser (IFA) market and its South Australian presence to bolster its inflows as it sets an ambitious plan to exceed its performance reported in the 2023 financial year. The ASX-listed group's latest ...

Equity Trustees combines super, trustee arms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
Equity Trustees is merging its superannuation and corporate trustee services divisions, creating a $150 billion business. The group said the two divisions share many similarities, meaning "it makes good commercial sense to bring them together." All ...

Multiple moves in Aware investments team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
While adding a new head of portfolio management and chief operating officer for investments, Aware Super has lost one of its key portfolio managers to an asset consultant. Evidentia Group has appointed Jo Cornwell as head of manager research and a member ...

FSCP issues slap on the wrist to adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
The Financial Services and Credit Panel reprimanded a financial adviser who inadequately assessed the consequences of rolling over superannuation and life insurance cover, labelled the panel's least serious disciplinary action yet. Keeping the adviser's ...