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Amber Infrastructure buys up NZ assets

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
Amber Infrastructure Group (Amber) has agreed to acquire five New Zealand infrastructure assets from Morrison & Co for approximately NZ$200 million. The five assets from Morrison & Co's Public Infrastructure Partners portfolio (PIP) will be 100% owned ...

Perpetual welcomes Pendal board members

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
As part of its proposed acquisition plan, Perpetual Asset Management has welcomed Pendal Group non-executive directors Christopher Jones, Kathryn Matthews and Ben Heap to its board. The expected start date for the new directors is January next year ...

Global pension report reveals flight to safety

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... Around 15% of survey participants said they will decrease their domestic holdings over the next two years, while close to 30% plan to increase ownership of foreign assets - often with the help of external managers. Climate change is one of the top two ...

Latest adviser exams see 57% pass rate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
Just over half of the candidates who sat the November exam passed, revealed ASIC. ASIC released the 19th cycle Financial Advisers Exam results and said, of the 282 candidates who sat the test, only 161 (57%) were approved. It explained 57% sat the test ...

ALRC should prioritise advice regulations: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has said the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) should prioritise advice regulations in its ongoing review of financial services law. In its latest submission to the ALRC review of the Legislative ...

Former financial adviser charged with fraud

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
A former financial adviser has been convicted of fraud after using false documents to obtain a financial advantage. Ashley Grant Howard pleaded pleading guilty before the Downing Centre Local Court to two charges of using false documents to obtain a ...

TV personality to lead Stafford Capital distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Stafford Capital Partners will expand its capabilities in Australia with the appointment of a lead distribution executive, who is set to leave behind a high-profile journalism career. ABC TV business journalist Elysse Morgan is joining the Stafford ...

AMG Super to take on fledgling super product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... Most members will see a reduction in administration fees as a result of the move, with fees dropping from $2 a week plus a plan management fee of 0.056% of the total assets in each option, plus an estimated expense recovery of 0.03%, to $1.35 a week ...

Financial advice among most qualified professions: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Following education reforms, analysis of financial advisers' tertiary qualifications suggests the advice sector is now among the most highly educated professions in Australia. Rainmaker Information's 2022 review of advisers' ASIC-recognised qualifications ...

Mercer identifies investment opportunities for 2023

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Mercer Australia has constructed a series of themes that it believes can help shape investor decision making, giving them the best chance of long-term success. Although the world is in a state of flux on various fronts, including an economic slowdown ...