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NZ Super, Ontario Teachers' acquire healthcare provider

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
The sovereign wealth fund and Canadian pension fund have acquired New Zealand's largest provider of pathology services. NZ Super Fund and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have acquired a 50% stake each in Asia Pacific Healthcare Group (APHG). The transaction ...

IOOF ups costs for self-employed advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... self-employed to everybody having their own licence and we would become a service business." IOOF's recent acquisition of MLC Wealth will sit within the professional owned and operated segment of the business along with Shadforth and Bridges. "This will ...

BlackRock to buy equity index firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... investment manager Aperio, which provides customised index equity portfolios that optimise tax positions. Aperio partners with wealth advisers to build custom portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth investors. It has US$36 billion in assets under management ...

FPA announces 2020 award winners

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... congratulated for the valued work they undertake for their new and loyal clients," FPA said in a statement. Nat Daley of Hard Line Wealth won the FPA Financial Planner AFP of the Year Award for 2020. In a new category, the FPA Advice Innovation Award ...

HNW platform adds Europe ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... Choice general manager of distribution David Zammit to its board. Zammit was previously Citi's head of banking and wealth management distribution in Australia and worked alongside Streater.

ClearView streamlines underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
ClearView Wealth has adopted Munich Re's digital platform to streamline the underwriting process and manage compliance obligations. ALLFINANZ Cloud, which was launched by Munich Re in 2019, will provide the cloud-based underwriting rules engine to speed ...

Dealer group chief executive departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
The chief executive of an IOOF dealer group has departed as part of the group's restructure after it acquired MLC Wealth. Geoff Kellett has departed Financial Services Partners after two years as chief executive, with IOOF moving towards shuttering ...

ESG bringing the family together

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Barclays Private Bank found that by 2030 the wealthiest people in the world are due to transfer US$15 trillion of private wealth to their families and ESG assets serve as mutual ground. Over 60% of family members consider the differing attitudes towards ...

Praemium board bungle

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... executive Will Davidson, along with its non-executive directors, stood down, with the former chief executive of Bennelong Wealth Partners having led the company since 2018. The merger of the platform providers will create the second largest independent ...

Confusion over retirement income objectives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... suggested that this needs to be clarified. Having adequate income to support living standards in retirement is not "building wealth per se or facilitating estate planning". It is about providing a safety net so that older Australians achieve a minimum ...