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Brighter Super makes fee, death benefit changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Brighter Super is reducing administration fees from January 1, while also introducing a weekly account keeping fee. It's also changing the way death benefits are dealt with. Effective January, the annual percentage-based admin fee charged to Brighter ...

CI Financial taken private by Mubadala Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
CI Financial, which owns most of GSFM, is being acquired by Mubadala Capital, a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates' sovereign wealth fund. CI Financial, which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, will be taken private by Mubadala Capital in ...

Bravura flags growth plans with leadership appointments

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Bravura Solutions has named two senior appointments to deliver growth opportunities across the global pensions, superannuation, wealth, and transfer agency markets. Aaron Knowles has been appointed the global head of product management and marketing. ...

Major themes impacting systematic investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
The extraordinary performance of mega-cap tech stocks has significantly impacted factor returns, creating both opportunities and challenges for systematic investors, according to a new study from Invesco. Invesco released its ninth annual Global Systematic ...

Advice take up falls amid decade-low retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
While demand for financial advice is apparently the highest it's ever been, the number of people actually seeking it has dropped. That's according to new research from Brighter Super and Investment Trends that shows retirement confidence among Australians ...

HNWIs demand alternatives, platforms lack access

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
As high-net-worth (HNW) investors increasingly demand alternative assets, platforms are failing to facilitate access to these opportunities, according to Praemium. Nearly one third of HNW investors want to diversify into alternatives but their platforms ...

Mason Stevens names head of asset allocation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
Mason Stevens has announced the appointment of Brad Creighton as head of asset allocation. Creighton brings with him 17 years of investment experience, having held senior roles in financial markets, most recently at AMP as co-portfolio manager of the ...

Platinum seeks insto managers, new asset classes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... that's where our initial focus will be." An analyst asked Peters how the company is addressing underperformance; all funds except for the Platinum Asia Fund have underperformed over three-, five- and 10-year periods. "[Which] does indicate that there ...

LGT Crestone takes over remainder of Commonwealth Bank's advice business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
LGT Crestone has inked a deal to scoop up Commonwealth Bank's (CBA's) remaining personal advice business, which serves high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. Commonwealth Private Advice has around 500 clients with assets exceeding $5 billion. ...

Evalesco and Principal Edge merge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
Evalesco Financial Services and Principal Edge Financial Services have announced a strategic merger. Evalesco chief executive Jeff Thurecht will lead the combined business as chief executive, alongside director Marshall Brentnall and general manager ...